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The Euro Austrian schilling phased out in throughout the Eurozone
The Euro (€) is the common the same year. countries, each one including
currency of the European Union. EU members using the Euro designs of fictional architectural
It went into general circulation as sole official currency are structures and monuments. The
on 1 January 2002, initially for 12 known as the Eurozone. Several coins, however, have one side
participating countries. Austria EU members have opted out of identical (the value side), and
was one of those 12 countries joining this common currency. one side with an image unique
taking the Euro in 2002, with the Euro notes are identical to each country.

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