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Luxembourg franc: research record

Evidence coverage: 1849–2002. This is the span of collected observations, not the currency’s lifetime.

This record includes associated currencies and earlier interpretations. The article selects the evidence relevant to its own history.

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Currency continuity

Luxembourg franc

T-FTM000795 · Research draft
One scoped currency identity. Changes to subdivisions, scale, standard, instruments or issuers do not by themselves create children. A distinct account unit can remain a successor.
Dated observations: 1849–2002; this does not establish the entire lifetime.

Parents / predecessors

Dutch guilder (euro predecessor)account unit replacement · 1849 · later absorption or contribution
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Children / successors

Euro — converging national replacementsnational currency converges into euro · 1999-01-01
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Unit and issue records 1 records

Evidence within this identity, not separate currencies.

Luxembourg francFTM000795 · C678, C679

Latest research

Historical account research

Official fiscal account shifts from florin to franc.

Sources and qualifications →

Account-unit observations

Dated evidence, not exact birth or extinction dates.

1849supported

Official fiscal account shifts from florin to franc.

C1546
Monetary history 3 events

Includes dated issues, standards, subdivisions and institutional changes. Each event retains the source's date qualifications.

1999-01-01Euro monetary substitution

1 EUR = 40.3399 LUF. Luxembourg: euro adoption 1999-01-01; cash 2002-01-01. Regulation 974/98 substitutes the euro for each participating state’s currency on its adoption date; cash changeover is separately defined.

C678, C679, C646
2002-01-01Euro cash changeover

Luxembourg: euro adoption 1999-01-01; cash 2002-01-01.

C679
1918Name attestation

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.

C786
Evidence & research notes 9 claims

Dated observations, not a proven complete lifespan.

Supported C678

1 EUR = 40.3399 LUF.

Council of the European Union · Council Regulation (EC) 2866/98 — consolidation at 1 January 2026 Citation S348 · Open source ↗

art.1, Luxembourg currency row; exact decimal retained

Source access and limitations

Article 2’s original 1999 commencement does not backdate later-added currencies.

Country-specific dates come from the separate 974/98 annex.

Supported C679

Luxembourg: euro adoption 1999-01-01; cash 2002-01-01.

Council of the European Union · Council Regulation (EC) 974/98 — consolidation at 1 January 2026 Citation S347 · Open source ↗

Annex, Luxembourg row; arts.2–3 provide substitution

Source access and limitations

Consolidation, not an as-made 1998 text.

National short cash-withdrawal periods and every accession amendment were not individually audited.

Supported C786

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.

Banque centrale du Luxembourg · Banque centrale du Luxembourg — Monetary history Citation S399 · Open source ↗

Named short source page; relevant history/definition passage as reported in the handoff.

Source access and limitations

Handoff acceptance is not a claim that every source was independently reread.

Supported C787

Luxembourg–Belgium parity is formalized.

Banque centrale du Luxembourg · Banque centrale du Luxembourg — Monetary history Citation S399 · Open source ↗

Named short source page; relevant history/definition passage as reported in the handoff.

Source access and limitations

Handoff acceptance is not a claim that every source was independently reread.

Supported C788

Luxembourg does not follow the full Belgian devaluation.

Banque centrale du Luxembourg · Banque centrale du Luxembourg — Monetary history Citation S399 · Open source ↗

Named short source page; relevant history/definition passage as reported in the handoff.

Source access and limitations

Handoff acceptance is not a claim that every source was independently reread.

Supported C789

Equal Luxembourg–Belgium parity is restored.

Banque centrale du Luxembourg · Banque centrale du Luxembourg — Monetary history Citation S399 · Open source ↗

Named short source page; relevant history/definition passage as reported in the handoff.

Source access and limitations

Handoff acceptance is not a claim that every source was independently reread.

Supported C791

Luxembourg euro conversion.

ECB · ECB — Irrevocable euro conversion rates, 31 December 1998 Citation S377 · Open source ↗

Named short source page; relevant history/definition passage as reported in the handoff.

Source access and limitations

Handoff acceptance is not a claim that every source was independently reread.

Supported C1546

Official fiscal account shifts from florin to franc.

Gérard Trausch · Une autre approche de l’histoire économique du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg, Institut Grand-Ducal, ActesXXVII, LivreIV,2024 Citation S886 · Open source ↗

Printed p93

Source access and limitations

Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.

Original law facsimile not retrieved.

Supported C1712

Luxembourg official accounts and fiscal obligations shifted from the Dutch-florin denomination to franc accounting under the20December1848law.

Gérard Trausch · Une autre approche de l’histoire économique du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg, Institut Grand-Ducal, ActesXXVII, LivreIV,2024 Citation S886 · Open source ↗

Printed pp92–94

Source access and limitations

Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.

Original law facsimile not retrieved.

Supported C646

Regulation 974/98 substitutes the euro for each participating state’s currency on its adoption date; cash changeover is separately defined.

Council of the European Union · Council Regulation (EC) 974/98 — consolidation at 1 January 2026 Citation S347 · Open source ↗

arts.1, 1a, 2–3

Source access and limitations

Consolidation, not an as-made 1998 text.

National short cash-withdrawal periods and every accession amendment were not individually audited.

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