Luxembourg franc
- Dates in use
- Introduction and ending not established
- Ancestry branch
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Its place in the family
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This currencyTrace its ancestry backward
Luxembourg franc
Earlier ancestry is not established here.
1 later contribution joined this currency. See those connections →
The story
The name Luxembourg franc first appears in a grand-ducal decree. Local monetary history and franc use are older; name attestation is not a simple currency birth. [1]
Turning points
Official fiscal account shifts from florin to franc
Official fiscal account shifts from florin to franc. [2]
Euro monetary substitution
1 EUR = 40.3399 LUF. Luxembourg: euro adoption January 1, 1999; cash January 1, 2002. Regulation 974/98 substitutes the euro for each participating state’s currency on its adoption date; cash changeover is separately defined. [3] [4] [5]
Euro cash changeover
Luxembourg: euro adoption January 1, 1999; cash January 1, 2002. [4]
Sources and evidence
- Banque centrale du Luxembourg · Banque centrale du Luxembourg — Monetary history
- Gérard Trausch · Une autre approche de l’histoire économique du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg, Institut Grand-Ducal, ActesXXVII, LivreIV,2024
- Council of the European Union · Council Regulation (EC) 2866/98 — consolidation at 1 January 2026
- Council of the European Union · Council Regulation (EC) 974/98 — consolidation at 1 January 2026
- Council of the European Union · Council Regulation (EC) 974/98 — consolidation at 1 January 2026
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“Luxembourg franc.” The Family Tree of Money. © Field Technologies, Inc. Updated 2026-10-14; data version v49. https://familytreeofmoney.org/currency/T-FTM000795.html