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The livre (abbreviation: £ or ₶.,[1] French for libra (pound)) was the currency of Kingdom of France and its predecessor states of Francia and West Francia from 781 to 1794. Several different livres existed, some concurrently. The livre was the name of coins and of units of account.
- ^ Diderot, Denis; le Rond d'Alembert, Jean. "ABR". Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers (in French). Vol. 1. p. 37b–38a.