Currency history
Malian franc
Malian franc: a historical unit of account.
- Dates in use
- Introduction uncertain; ended 1984
- Ancestry branch
- French franc
Its place in the family
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The story
Mali returns to CFA currency. Territorial return to an existing currency, not creation of XOF from the Malian franc. [1]
Turning points
Territorial currency replacement
Mali introduces its own franc. [2]
Sources and evidence
- BCEAO · BCEAO — Chronologie des événements marquants; AFRISTAT · AFRISTAT — Price statistics methodological publication; Deutsche Bundesbank · Metadata on the Exchange Rate Statistics, 24 September 2025 C761 ↗
- Deutsche Bundesbank · Metadata on the Exchange Rate Statistics, 24 September 2025 C760 ↗
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“Malian franc.” The Family Tree of Money. © Field Technologies, Inc. Reader edition 2026-10-13; research dataset v44. https://familytreeofmoney.org/currency/T-FTM000826.html