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

Banknotes
Euro banknotes come in 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 stars of €5
the European Union.

€10

€20

€50

€100

€200

€500

€2 €1 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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