French livre
French currency from 781 to 1794 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about an obsolete unit of currency. It is not to be confused with French livre (unit of mass).
The livre (abbreviation: £ or ₶.,[1] French for libra (pound)) was the currency of Kingdom of France and its predecessor states of Francia and West Francia from 781 to 1794. Several different livres existed, some concurrently. The livre was the name of coins and of units of account.
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