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Ecuadorians prefer the Sacagawea dollar coin to the United States one-dollar bill. Coins are more durable in tropical climates, and Sacagawea's portrait resembles that of an Ecuadorian Indian woman. [11] The government imports American coins from the United States every few months. A 9 March 2009 shipment was of 42 million coins or $1,284,000. [12]
The franc (/ f r æ ŋ k /; French: franc français, [fʁɑ̃ fʁɑ̃sɛ]; sign: F or Fr), [n 2] also commonly distinguished as the French franc (FF), was a currency of France.Between 1360 and 1641, it was the name of coins worth 1 livre tournois and it remained in common parlance as a term for this amount of money.