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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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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
Children / successors
Unit and issue records 1 records
Evidence within this identity, not separate currencies.
Luxembourg francFTM000795 · C678, C679
Latest research
Account-unit observations
Dated evidence, not exact birth or extinction dates.
1849supportedOfficial 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 substitution1 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 changeoverLuxembourg: euro adoption 1999-01-01; cash 2002-01-01.
C679 1918Name attestationThe 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.