"CFA Franc" or "CFA franc"? [solved]

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bjherbison
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Posted: 14 Jun 2022, 15:01 #
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Which is the better form?

 

https://en.numista.com/catalogue/index.php?e=benin_section&r=&ct=coin&im1=&im2=&tb=y&tc=y&tn=y&tp=y&tt=y&cat=y&ru=&ca=3&no=1&v=&i=&b=&d=&u=&a=&dg=&m=&f=&t=&w=&mt=&g=&se=&c=&wi=&sw=

 

ZacUK Numista team
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Posted: 14 Jun 2022, 17:11 #
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 Both. 

"CFA Franc" English pages 

"CFA franc" French pages 

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bjherbison
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Posted: 14 Jun 2022, 19:40 #
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ZacUK

 Both. 

"CFA Franc" English pages 

"CFA franc" French pages 

Could you fix the Dahomey entry?

 

The French pages (for the search I provided) have Franc CFA, which avoids the issue of whether to capitalize Franc.

Jarcek Numista team
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Posted: 14 Jun 2022, 22:01 #
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bjherbison

ZacUK

 Both. 

"CFA Franc" English pages 

"CFA franc" French pages 

Could you fix the Dahomey entry?

 

The French pages (for the search I provided) have Franc CFA, which avoids the issue of whether to capitalize Franc.

I can, and I did. :)

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BCNumismatics
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Posted: 15 Jun 2022, 07:57 #
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Currency unit names should always start with a capital letter - as the currency codes are always in capital letters.

 

Starting a currency unit name with a lower case letter makes it get lost - & it is pretty ugly, in my opinion.

 

Capital letters help currency unit names stand out - ‘1 Pound’ instead of ‘1 pound’.

 

Aidan.

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