The climax came with a run on the French franc in July 1993.

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Between 1980 and 1985, the U.S. dollar had appreciated 50% against the Yen, Deutsche Mark, French Franc and British Pound.

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In 2002, EMU countries will use only the euro as their legal tender, and the deutsche mark, French franc, Italian lira et al. will cease to exist.

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His global macro view was that the Bank of England would no longer be able to support its own currency and that it would tumble relative to the deutsche mark and French franc.

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The painting by Eugene Delacroix, which featured on the pre-euro, 100-franc French banknote and reportedly inspired the Statue of Liberty in New York, is being exhibited in Lens for a year.

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Easy to see French and the Swiss franc as separate from, but swappable with, English and the dollar.

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