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phased out later that year; one featuring designs of
The Euro
Latvia’s lat was replaced in fictional architectural structures.
The euro (€) is the common January 2014; and Lithuania’s The coins, however, have one
currency of the European litas in January 2015. side identical (the value side),
Union. It went into general EU members using the euro and one side with an image
circulation on 1 January 2002, as their sole official currency are unique to each country. Both
initially for 12 participating known as the Eurozone. Euro notes and coins are exchange-
countries. Estonia joined in notes are identical throughout able in each of the participating
January 2011, with the kroon the Eurozone countries, each Eurozone countries.
Banknotes
Euro banknotes have 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).
All notes show the stars of the 5 euros
European Union.

10 euros

20 euros

50 euros

100 euros

200 euros

500 euros

2 euros 1 euro 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-euro 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