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Old money I extracted from the Pope? (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

francs

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'old money i extracted from the pope?' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'i extracted from the pope?' is the wordplay.
'extracted from' is a deletion indicator.
'the pope?' becomes 'francis' (I've seen this before).
'francis' with 'i' removed is 'FRANCS'.

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(Other definitions for francs that I've seen before include "Swiss currency" , "100 centimes in each" , "Swiss coins" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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