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Currency by mid-2002. EU members using coins, however, have one side
The euro (€) is the common the euro as sole official currency identical (the value side), and
currency of the European Union. are known as the Eurozone. one side with an image unique
It went into general circulation Euro notes are identical to each country. Both notes and
on 1 January 2002. Germany throughout the Eurozone coins are accepted in all of the
was one of the 12 original countries, each one including participating EU countries (not
countries taking the euro; the designs of fictional architectural all European nations belong to
Deutschmark was phased out structures and monuments. The the Eurozone).

Euro Bank Notes
Euro bank notes have seven
denominations. The €5 note (grey in
colour) is the smallest, followed by the
€10 note (red), €20 note (blue), €50 note
(orange), €100 note (green), €200 note
(yellow) and €500 note (purple). All notes
show the stars of the European Union.
5 euros

10 euros

20 euros

50 euros

100 euros

200 euros

500 euros

2 euros 1 euro 50 cents 20 cents 10 cents
Coins
The euro has eight coin denominations: €2 and
€1; 50 cents, 20 cents, 10 cents, 5 cents, 2 cents and
1 cent. The €2 and €1 coins are both silver and
gold in colour. The 50-, 20- and 10-cent coins are
gold. The 5-, 2- and 1-cent coins are bronze. 5 cents 2 cents 1 cent

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