Obverse Side of Silver Franc of Henry III Small 290×320 Medium 579×640 Large 927×1024 Download Tiff Original 2173×2400 | (2.4 MB) Description "A French silver coin and money of account which since 1795 has formed the unit of French monetary system." -Whitney, 1911 Keywords currency, France, French coin, Henry III, money, obverse, silver franc Galleries French Coins and Stamps Source: William Dwight Whitney The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language (New York, NY: The Century Co., 1911)