Franc Germinal

ジェルミナルのフラン／ franc germinal　—　Names of money

A decimal currency that returned to metal after paper money failed twice. Its standard remained unchanged for over a century.

Five-franc silver coin of Germinal — A photograph of the real thing this term names.

Twenty-franc gold coin of Ceres — A photograph of the real thing this term names.

The decimal Franc that returned to metal, established in the month of Germinal of the Republican Calendar (1803). The standard of 1 Franc = 4.5 grams of fine silver remained almost unchanged for over a century until 1914.

⚠ A country where paper money (Assignats) failed twice created, as a reaction, the most stable silver currency in Europe.