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The Euro their sole official currency are structures and monuments.
The euro (€) is the common known as the eurozone. Several The coins, however, have one
currency of the European EU members have opted out of side identical (the value side),
Union. It went into general joining this common currency. and one side with an image
circulation on 1 January 2002, Euro notes are identical unique to each country.
initially for 12 participating throughout eurozone countries, Both notes and coins are
countries, including Portugal. each one including designs exchangeable in any country
EU members using the euro as of fictional architectural in the eurozone.

Banknotes
Euro banknotes, each a different
colour and size, 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). €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: €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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