Currency history
French Somaliland CFA franc
- Dates in use
- Introduction uncertain; ended 1949
- Ancestry branch
- French franc
Its place in the family
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French Somaliland CFA franc
This currencyTrace its ancestry backward
French Somaliland CFA franc
French franc
Livre tournois
Frankish denier–livre
Roman solidus–nomisma
Roman as–denarius accounting
Earlier ancestry is not established here.
The story
French Somaliland participates in the territorial CFA currency group. [1]
Resident bankaccounts and obligations were denominated in CFA before statutory conversion. [2]
The 1949 law converts resident CFA accounts and obligations into the newly established Djibouti franc. [3]
Sources and evidence
- French provisional government; reproduced by BCEAO · Decree of 25 December 1945, effective 26 December, in Histoire de l’Union monétaire ouest-africaine, tome I, Des origines à 1958
- French Republic; Djibouti Official Gazette · Décret49-376,1949 monetary reform
- French Republic; Djibouti Official Gazette · Décret49-376,1949 monetary reform
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“French Somaliland CFA franc.” The Family Tree of Money. © Field Technologies, Inc. Updated 2026-10-14; data version v49. https://familytreeofmoney.org/currency/CUR-V27-SOMALIS-CFA.html