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livre

リーヴル　—　Names of money

The French unit used for reckoning.

1 Livre Note (Great War Period, Talat Signature) 1 Livre Note (Great War Period, Talat Signature)1916–17 Écu of Louis XVI Écu of Louis XVI1783
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⚠ For a long time, no physical coin called a "livre" actually existed. It was a unit of account used only in bookkeeping; what was actually exchanged were deniers or écus.