What does BF stand for?

Byline: Carol Pucci; Seattle Times travel writer BRUGES, Belgium -- Emanulle Artis, 23, a waitress at the Coffee Link Internet cafe, emptied the contents of her tip jar on the counter when I asked her about the euro, the new European currency that officially replaced the Belgian franc, Italian lira, German mark and nine other currencies just four weeks ago.

Like bars across the Belgian capital, the menu features prices in both Belgian francs and euros, allowing customers to compare costs in the old and new currency.

BELGIAN FRANC 1832 - 2001 THE arrival of the Belgian franc was a source of great pride.

Shop assistants refused to accept the cheques in a hypermarket and a fast food restaurant in Eschweiler, Germany, while McDonald's would only accept Belgian francs.

KBC's commitment is further underlined by its significant share of the proposed capital injection of Belgian franc 3.

We have a lot of people coming into the shop from outside Brussels, so we were already accepting a lot of other money besides the Belgian franc.

At the end of next February, Austrian schillings, Belgian francs, Dutch guilders, Finnish markka, French francs, German marks, Greek drachma, Irish punts, Italian lire, Luxembourg francs, Portuguese escudos and Spanish pesetas will be useless as they will have been replaced by the euro.

More than 630 million Belgian francs (US $16 million) were was raised in the IPO, giving Pinguin a stronger capital base from which to invest in new plant and equipment at four production sites in Belgium and France.