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The Euro are known as the Eurozone. structures and monuments.
Spain was one of the 12 Several EU members have The coins, however, have one
countries adopting the euro opted out of joining this identical side (the value side),
in 2002, with its original currency, common currency. and one side with an image
the peseta, phased out in the Euro notes are identical unique to each country. Both
course of the same year. throughout the Eurozone notes and coins are exchange­
EU countries using the countries, each one including able in each of the participating
euro as sole official currency designs of fictional architectural euro countries.

Banknotes
Euro banknotes, each a different
colour and size, come in seven
denom inations. 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

€10

€20

€50

€100

€200

€500

€2 €1 50 cents 20 cents 10 cents

Coins
The euro has eight coin denominations: €2 and €1
(silver and gold); 50 cents, 20 cents and 10 cents
(gold); and 5 cents, 2 cents and 1 cent (bronze). 5 cents 2 cents 1 cent

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