Posted on September 19, 2010.
Hi, doing a project were Benin, and WAS wondering around 100 Glossary How Much franks are worth, as in What Could I buy for 100 francs Glossary?
Fletcher Speicher says...
First of all, a Frank is a member of a Germanic tribe that invaded what would become France in the 3rd-4th century. So you can't buy anything with one ;)
Then, it seems you are a bit confused regarding currency. French francs was the currency of France up until 2002 when they switched to the Euro.
Benin's currency is the CFA franc. 1000 CFA franc are worth around 2 US dollars, to give you an idea.
http://www.resimao.org/html/fr/Benin/hom…
The table on the right-hand side will give you prices for some basic food, per kilogram. For 100 fCFA, you can get 1 kg manioc or 500g yam. Those are the prices paid by a customer in a market, not a producer or a wholesaler.
The page is in French, so if you're unsure what the food name mean, look it up in the French Wikipedia (http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accueil ), then click the link to the English page in the left-hand list :)
Posted on September 30, 2010
