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CFP franc

CFP franc: a currency still in use.

Dates in use
Still in use; introduction date not established here
Currency code
XPF
Ancestry branch
French franc
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The story

The IEOM dates creation of the CFP franc to 1945. [1]

Initial Pacific/metropolitan parity. [2]

Turning points

Parity framework

The same decree separately establishes the Pacific-franc grouping. New Caledonia, French Oceania and New Hebrides; CFP is a sibling of CFA. [3]

Territorial currency separation

The Pacific franc separates from the metropolitan-franc monetary system in the same reform. [4]

Peg

Early CFP dollar parity. Exchange anchor, not US-dollar ancestry. [5]

Peg

CFP euro anchor. Keep this exact orientation; a rounded reciprocal is not the legal definition. [6]

Sources and evidence

  1. Institut d'émission d'outre-mer · Annual Report 2023 — Le Franc Pacifique C531 ↗
  2. Journal officiel, 26 December 1945 · Journal officiel, 26 December 1945 — Decree 45-0136 C746 ↗
  3. Journal officiel, 26 December 1945 · Journal officiel, 26 December 1945 — Decree 45-0136 C744 ↗
  4. Assemblée nationale / Hervé Gaymard · Rapport 2270, 27 January 2010: monetary history of the French Pacific C978 ↗
  5. IEOM · IEOM — Annual report 2020, CFP history C747 ↗
  6. IEOM · IEOM — Annual report 2020, CFP history C756 ↗

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“CFP franc.” The Family Tree of Money. © Field Technologies, Inc. Reader edition 2026-10-13; research dataset v44. https://familytreeofmoney.org/currency/FTM000273.html

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