🕰️ Once upon a time in Lebanon — from the 1950s through the 1980s — the Lebanese pound (Lira) ruled daily life. Every coin, every note, every fraction mattered. Among them, one humble coin stood out: the smallest of them all, the 5-piaster coin, lovingly and colloquially known as the Frang.
🇫🇷 The name “Frang” was borrowed from the French Franc — a linguistic echo of Lebanon’s past under French influence. Over time, the Lebanese tongue transformed the foreign “Franc” into the more local and familiar “Frang.” It became more than a coin — it became part of the language, the culture, and even the humor.
💬 There was a common slang: “Frangain” — literally two Frangs — used to describe something extremely cheap, insignificant, or even morally worthless. “Your worth is Frangain,” someone might say — not to insult someone’s wallet, but their character.
And yet, despite the nickname's sting, it meant the Frang was everywhere: in pockets, in jokes, in street markets, in songs. It had become folklore.
⏳ But like many small things in history, the Frang slowly
vanished.
Inflation erased its value. Time erased its memory. A coin once
used by every Lebanese family was gone — forgotten by the young,
remembered only in passing by the old.
🔁 Until now.
💠 With the launch of Frangain (FRANG), we bring the Frang back — not in metal, but in memory. A symbolic digital token that holds no monetary weight, but carries the full story of a forgotten past.
It’s not meant to be rich. It’s meant to be real.
💡 So the next time you hear “Frangain,” don’t think of something
cheap.
Think of something cultural. Something
ours.
Think of a coin that once lived in every Lebanese hand — and now lives again on the blockchain.
🕊️ Keep the Memory Alive — Hold a FRANG.