Il <!-------------------The '''"ticket flag" franc---------->'''franco''' ({{lang-frin [[Lingua francese|Billetfrancese]]: ''billet drapeau}}'') wasè stato auna [[currencyvaluta]] issuedemessa byda theparte degli [[UnitedStati StatesUniti]] forper usel'uso innella [[Francia]] occupata dagli [[AlliesAlleati ofdella Worldseconda Warguerra IImondiale|Allied]]-occupied [[Francealleati]] <!------------------in the wake of the [[Operation Overlord|Battle of Normandy]]. With the swift take-over of [[sovereignty]] by General [[Charles de Gaulle]], who considered the US occupation franc as “[[counterfeit]] money”, the currency rapidly faded out of use in favour of the pre-war [[French franc]].