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Expert in money matters; i.e. in franc conversion (9)

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I believe the answer is:

financier

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'expert in money matters' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
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'i e in franc conversion' is the wordplay.
'conversion' indicates anagramming the letters.
'i'+'e'+'in'+'franc'='ieinfranc'
'ieinfranc' with letters rearranged gives 'FINANCIER'.

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(Other definitions for financier that I've seen before include "Businessman" , "Money transactor" , "Gnome" , "Money manager" , "Manager of large-scale monetary resources" .)

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