| In 2000, the vignerons took advantage of the incredible super-ripe Cabernet franc that came along with the vintage. |
| There were no long queues or flurries of excited bank customers looking to exchange the Luxembourg franc for the euro last week. |
| Funds flowed back into the Deutschmark from the dollar, and funds leaving the French franc were also converted into Deutschmarks. |
| If you hadn't already noticed, gone are the good old peseta, the franc and the drachma. |
| Travellers to France will discover that the French are no less Gallic for the abolition of the franc. |
| The Deutschmark will be dumped, the lire lost, the punt punted, and the franc will be well finished. |
