euro

     

Eυρώ (Greek) Eвро (Bulgarian) Euró (Hungarian) Eoró (Irish) Ewro (Maltese) Evro (Slovene)

Trivia about euro

  • In use from January 1, 1999, it's represented by the symbol seen here
  • The Maastricht Treaty came into effect on November 1, 1993, providing for the currency now called this
  • If you're in Bologna buying bologna, you're using this local currency
  • Seen here is one of these currency units from a country that's in the zone
  • January 1, 2002: Adieu, franc! Bonjour, this!
  • In September 2000 Danes voted to keep the krone over this
  • This currency introduced Jan. 1, 2002 promptly jumped 1.5% against the dollar & 2% against the pound
  • The markka was taken out of circulation in 2002; Finland now uses this
  • As of 2002 the Finnish markka & Austrian schilling were replaced by this