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What is the meaning of Livre?

• Still the word livre survived; until the middle of the 19th century it was indifferently used alongside the word franc, especially to express large amounts and transactions linked with property (real estate, property incomes or "rentes", cattle, etc...). The livre had also been used as the legal currency of the Channel Islands.

What is the difference between Livre and book?

• Origin and etymology. "Livre" is a homonym of the French word for "book" (from the Latin word liber ), the distinction being that the two have a different gender. The monetary unit is feminine, la/une livre, while "book" is masculine, le/un livre.

Did livres and sous exist as coins?

• Both livres and sous did not actually exist as coins but were used only for accounting purposes.

What is the difference between Livre and denier?

• The livre was the name of both units of account and coins. The livre was established by Charlemagne as a unit of account equal to one pound of silver. It was subdivided into 20 sous (also sols ), each of 12 deniers. The word livre came from the Latin word libra, a Roman unit of weight, and the denier comes from the Roman denarius.