The livre was the currency of France until 1795. Several different livres existed, some concurrently. The livre was the name of both units of account and coins.
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“I never rebel so much against France as not to regard Paris with a friendly eye; she has had my heart since my childhood.... I love her tenderly, even to her warts and her spots. I am French only by this great city: the glory of France, and one of the noblest ornaments of the world.”
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