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The Euro phased out by March 2002. EU countries, each one including
The euro (€) is the common members using the euro as their designs of fictional archi tectural
currency of the European Union. sole official currency are known structures. The coins, however,
It came into general circulation as the Eurozone. Several EU have one side identical (the value
on 1 January 2002, initially for members have opted out of side) and one side with an image
12 participating countries, joining this common currency. unique to each country. Notes
including Italy. The previous Euro notes are identical and coins are exchangeable in
Italian currency, the lira, was throughout the Eurozone each participating country.

Banknotes
Euro banknotes have seven
denominations. The €5 note (grey
in colour) is the smallest, followed
by the €10 note (pink), €20 note (blue),
€50 note (orange), €100 note (green),
€200 note (yellow) and €500 note
(purple). All notes show the 12
stars of the European Union. €5 note

€10 note

€20 note

€50 note

€100 note

€200 note

€500 note

€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 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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