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Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell: | 1 years ago (raw) | export | reply | flag +1 
 lol, a nickname of french francs was «patate» (potato)
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Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell: | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Also I quite like how «brouzouf» started as a parody/satire of currencies and also ended up being an alias for EUR.
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vv221 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 1 patate = 10 000 F (or 1 000 000 "anciens francs")