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EURO(ISO EUR,with the symbol €) is the official european currency of 18 out of 28 states which are members of the European Union.The states,known as collectively as “The eurozone ” are:Austria,Belgium,Cyprus,Estonia,Finland,France, Germany,Greece,Ireland,Italy,Latvia,Luxemburg,Malt a,Netherlands,Portugal,Slovakia,Slovenia and Spain. The euro currency is used with the aggrement of the community are:Monaco,San Marino and Vatican and Andorra,Kosovo,Montenegro are using it witouth the agrrement of the EU.The estimations are showing that the euro currency is being used daily by aproximatively 327 million europeans. Next

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€ 5 Dimension:120 x 62 mm Dominant colour:Gray Architecture: Clasic style belonging of the fifth century. Back

Bancnote € 5 € 10 € 20 € 50 € 100 € 200 € 500 Euro(EUR or €) is the common currency for the majority of the european nations of the European Union.The euro bills and coins have started being used in the first january 2002 altough the currency appeared formaly in the first of january 1999.The euro currency is the official currency in 17 state members of the European Union and in other four states(Monica,San-Marino,Vatican and Kosovo). The drawings on each bill have a comune theme which is the european evolution of the architecture in the main artistic periods.The frontal part of the bill has windows and gates and in the oposite part there are representations of bridges(symbols of the union of the European countries).The monuments represented on the bills do not exist so that pottential controversials in the choosing of the buildings won’t exist. Back

€ 10 Dimension: 127 x 67 mm Dominant colour:Red Architecture :Romantic style belonging of ninth and eleventh centuries. Back

 Dimension: 133 x 72 mm  Dominant colour:Blue  Architecture :Gothic style belonging of the XIII and XIV centuries. € 20 Back

€ 50  Dimension: 140 x 77 mm  Dominant colour:Orange  Architecture :The Renaissance belonging of the XV and XVI. Back

€ 100  Dimension: 147 x 82 mm  Dominant colour:Green  Architecture :The Baroc and Rococo styles belonging of the XVII and XVIII centuries. Back

€ 200  Dimension: 153 x 82 mm  Dominant colours:Brown and yellow  Architecture :Steel and glass belonging of the XIX and XX centuries. Back

€ 500  Dimension: 160 x 82 mm  Dominant colour:Purple  Architecture :The Mordern style belonging of the XX and XXI centuries. Back

 All the coins have a common side and a national side.  The common side:the 1,2 and 5 eurocents coins represent the position of Europe in the world;10,20 and 50 eurocents coins represent the Europe as an alliance of states and the coins of 1 and 2 euros represent Europe without borders.  The national side is different depending on the the country that emited it.(Even Monaco,San Marino and Vatican have their own coins).All the bills are realised after a common model for the whole eurozone.All the coins are usable in all the countries which are members of the European Union.The first currency that dissapeared was the Deutsche Mark(german currency),in 31 december 2001 and the last ones dissapeared in 2002.In 1997,The European Council of Amsterdam chose the winning models of Luc Luycx from Belgium.The graffician realised the european side of the euro coins. Monede Common side The national side Back

The common side All the coins have on their common side of the coin a drawing realised by Luc Luycx.The drawing of the 1,2 and 5 cents ilustrates the positioning of Europe on the globe.The coins of 10,20 and 50 cents and the 1 and 2 euros represent either the European Union before its expansion in the first may 2004 either,starting with first january 2007,a map of Europe.All the coins have 12 stars in their design. 0,01 € 0,02 € 0,05 € 0,10 € 0,20 € 0,50 € 1,00 € 2,00 € Back

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The national side Each country which is a member of the eurozone has it’s own design on the national part of the coin.The models vary from the presentation of the efigy of the monarch in Belgium to a different drawing for each coin in Italy.Anyways the 12 stars are represented in a way or another on this side too.  Altough they are not members of the European Union:Monaco,San Marino and Vatican have also euro coins with their own national side but these are not ment for being put into circulation,they are mostly used by coin collectioners.  Each state has the right to emit each year a serie of coins with a comemorative character.The coins have the nominal value of 2 euros and they have a circulation power.Each year there can be emited a suplimentary serie of coins in the case of an international event by each country.  Except for the coins in circulation there have been emited in numismatic purposes coins with the value of 0.25,5,8,10,12,20,25,50,100 and 200 euros made of noble metals. Italy 0,01 € 0,02 € 0,01 € 0,02 € 0,20 € 0,50 €0,20 € 0,50 € 0,05 € 0,10 € 0,05 € 0,10 € 1,00 € 2,00 €1,00 € 2,00 € France 0,01 € 0,02 € 0,20 € 0,50 € 0,05 € 0,10 € 0,05 € 0,10 € 1,00 € 2,00 €1,00 € 2,00 € Germany 0,01 € 0,02 € 0,20 € 0,50 € 0,05 € 0,10 € 0,05 € 0,10 € 1,00 € 2,00 €1,00 € 2,00 € Back

The italian coins 0,01 € Castel del Monte, un castel din Apulia (sec. XIII). 0,02 € Mole Antonelliana, a tower symbolising the town of Torino. 0,05 € The Colosseum of Rome, the famous amphitheater. Back

 0,10 €  The birth of Venus of the painter Sandro Botticelli  0,20 €  The futuristic sculpture Forms of Unique Continuity in Space of Umberto Boccioni  0,50 €  The evester statue of the emperor Marcus Aurelius Back

 1,00 €  Thr Vitruvian man, drawing of Leonardo da Vinci  2,00 €  The portrait of Dante Alighieri of Raphael Back

French coins 0,01 € The portrait of Marianne, symbol of the Republic of France 0,02 € Portrait of Marianne, symbol of the Republic of France 0,05 € Portrait of Marianne, symbol of the Republic of France Back

 0,10 €  Seeder,a theme that was represented on the franc currency(the one before euro)  0,20 €  Seeder,a theme that was represented on the franc currency(the one before euro)  0,50 €  Seeder,a theme that was represented on the franc currency(the one before euro) Back

 1,00 €  A stylised tree contained in a hexagon with the motto Liberté Egalité Fraternité  2,00 €  A stylised tree contained in a hexagon with the motto Liberté Egalité Fraternité Back

Monedele germane 0,01 € German oak leaf the was on the old pfennig (pfennig,German=penny). 0,02 € German oak leaf the was on the old pfennig. 0,05 € German oak leaf the was on the old pfennig (pfennig,German=penny). Back

 0,10 €  The Brandenburg gate,symbol of division and unity.  0,20 €  The Brandenburg gate,symbol of division and unity.  0,50 €  The Brandenburg gate,symbol of division and unity. Back

 1,00 €  The eagle,symbol of the german suveranity.  2,00 €  The eagle,symbol of the german suveranity. Back