Centime

A centime ( [ sɑti ː m], of french cent " hundred" ) is in many, mainly French-speaking, countries the smallest currency unit ( one hundredth of the base unit, especially one hundredth Franc). The abbreviation is usually " Ct. " Rarely "c".

The history of centimes began in 1795 as a decimal currency was introduced in France with the Franc, which was divided into 100 centimes and initially also in 10 Decimes. Many other states adopted this system, including the countries of the Latin Monetary Union and many French colonies.

Currently, the centime is used in the following countries (in brackets the name of the base unit ):

• Burundi ( Burundi Franc )
• Democratic Republic of Congo ( Congo - Franc)
• Djibouti ( Djibouti Franc )
• Algeria ( Algerian Dinar )
• Haiti ( Gourde )
• Comoros ( Comorian franc )
• Morocco ( Moroccan Dirham )
• Rwanda ( Rwanda Franc )
• Switzerland, as the French term for the centimes (Swiss Francs)

Until the introduction of the euro (1999/2002) of centime was the small unit of currency in

• Belgium ( Belgian franc )
• France with Monaco and Andorra ( French Franc ) and
• Luxembourg ( Luxembourg franc ).

Colloquially the euro cents in French-speaking countries is still referred to as " centime ".

There used centimes, furthermore, in

• Mali ( Franc until 1984) and
• Madagascar ( Franc until 2005)