Gold coins amassed by collector Paul Narce of Castillonnès, France and hidden in a wall have fetched nearly $4 million at a recent auction at Beaussant Lefèvre in Paris.

If you travel to France ... the ruling government revived France’s troubled financial system by striking 20-pound, and then 24-pound, gold ... 1867 Napoleon III gold Proof Essai 25 Francs ...

A huge collection of historic gold coins, recovered from the wall of a house in France after their owner passed away, has been sold for millions of euros at auction. CNN values your feedback 1.

The coin collection went under the gavel for an eye-popping $3.8 million, far exceeding the pre-auction estimate of around $2.3 million. Meanwhile, the francs, valued at around $115,650, will be ...

France's national currency may be disappearing with scarcely a whimper, but it was born in a Gallic flourish of defiance against the English Kings during the Hundred Years War. In French the word ...

France tied its currency to both gold and silver: per an 1803 Napoleonic law, the French mint paid 200 francs for a kilo of silver and 3,100 francs for a kilo of gold. France’s double price guarantee ...