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The Euro The area comprising the EU one including designs of
The euro (€) is the common member states using the euro fictional architectural structures.
currency of the European as sole official currency is The coins, however, have one
Union. It went into general known as the eurozone. Several side identical (the value side),
circulation on January 1, 2002, EU members have opted out of and one side with an image
initially for 12 participating joining this common currency. unique to each country. Bills
countries. Italy was one of Euro bills are identical and coins are exchangeable in
those original countries. throughout the eurozone, each all participating euro countries.

Euro Bills
Euro bills have seven
denominations. The €5 bill (gray
in color) is the smallest, followed
by the €10 bill (pink), €20 bill (blue),
€50 bill (orange), €100 bill (green),
€200 bill (yellow), and €500 bill
(purple). All bills show the stars
of the European Union. €5 bill

€10 bill

€20 bill

€50 bill

€100 bill

€200 bill

€500 bill

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