Definition

• A copper coin; the one-hun- dredth part of a Franc. It bears this re- lationship in France and the French Col- onies, Monaco, Belgium, Bulgaria, Luxem- burg, Switzerland, etc.

  In Haiti the Centime is the one hun- dredth part of the Gourde.

  The multiples of the Centime exist in both copper and nickel.

Source

• Frey's Dictionary (American Journal of Numismatics, Vol. 50, 1916)

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