The Euro
France is one of twelve European Union countries who have changed over to a single currency, the euro (E). The transition period, which began on January 1, 1999, is, however, lengthy: euro notes and coins were not issued until January 1, 2002, with francs remaining in place for cash transactions , at a fixed rate of 6.55957 francs to 1 euro, until they were scrapped entirely at the end of February. The euro comes in coins of 1 to 50 cents, E1 and E2, and notes of E5 to E500. Even before euro cash appeared in 2002, you could opt to pay in euros by credit card and you could get travellers' cheques in euros - you should not be charged commission for changing them in any of the eleven countries in the euro zone (also known as "Euroland"), nor for changing from any of the old Euroland currencies to any other (Italian lira to francs, for example). All prices are given in francs and the exact equivalent in euros. When the new currency takes over completely, prices are likely to be rounded off - and if decimalization in the UK is anything to go by, rounded up.
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