Centime
A centime ( / sɑ̃tˈiːm / , French for hundredths , from French cent / sɑ̃ / "hundred") is the smallest currency unit in many, especially French-speaking countries (one hundredth of the respective base unit, especially one hundredth of a franc ). The abbreviation is usually Ct. Also c and CT , the plural Centimes cts or C .
The history of the centimes began in 1795, when France introduced the decimal currency , the franc , which was divided into 100 centimes and initially also - in parallel - into 10 decimes . Numerous other states adopted this system, including the states of the Latin Monetary Union and many French colonies as well as states of the Central African Economic and Monetary Community .
The centime is used in the following countries (the name of the base unit in brackets):
- Equatorial Guinea ( CFA Franc BEAC )
- Burundi ( Burundi Franc )
- Democratic Republic of the Congo ( Congo Franc )
- Djibouti ( Djiboutian Franc )
- Algeria ( Algerian Dinar )
- Haiti ( Gourde )
- Comoros ( Comoros Franc )
- Morocco ( Moroccan Dirham )
- Rwanda ( Rwandan Franc )
- Switzerland , as the French name for the black horse ( Swiss franc )
Until the introduction of the euro (1999/2002), the centime was the small currency unit in
- Belgium ( Belgian franc )
- France with Monaco and Andorra ( French Franc ) and
- Luxembourg ( Luxembourgish Franc ).
The euro cent is still referred to as “centime” in French-speaking countries.
Centimes used to be in
- Mali (Franc, until 1984) and
- Madagascar (Franc, until 2005)
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Helmut Kahnt, Bernd Knorr: Old dimensions, coins and weights. A lexicon. Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig 1986, licensed edition Mannheim / Vienna / Zurich 1987, ISBN 3-411-02148-9 , pp. 375-380.