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The euro was established in 1999, but "for the first three years it was an invisible currency, used for accounting purposes only, e.g. in electronic payments". [2] In 2002, notes and coins began to circulate. The euro rapidly took over from the former national currencies and slowly expanded around the European Union.
The euro was founded on 1 January 1999, when it became the currency of over 300 million people in Europe. [11] For the first three years of its existence it was an invisible currency, only used in accountancy. euro cash was not introduced until 1 January 2002, when it replaced the national banknotes and coins of the countries in eurozone 12, such as the Finnish markka.
Euro (28) Composite (8) Other (9) No separate legal tender (16) Ecuador El Salvador Marshall Islands Micronesia Palau Panama Timor-Leste Andorra Monaco San Marino Vatican City Kosovo Montenegro Kiribati Nauru Tuvalu; Currency board (11) Djibouti Hong Kong ; ECCU Antigua and Barbuda Dominica Grenada
The dollar replaced the South African rand, which had been the country's currency while it was under South African rule as South-West Africa from 1920 until 1990, at par. . The rand is still legal tender, as the Namibian dollar is linked to the South African rand and can be exchanged on a one-to-one basis loca
Brian Schottenheimer has made a high-profile addition to his Cowboys staff, bringing in ex-Bears head coach Matt Eberflus to be the team's new DC.
The euro is used by 350 million people in Europe and additionally, over 200 million people worldwide use currencies pegged to the euro. [8] It is the second-largest reserve currency as well as the second-most traded currency in the world after the United States dollar .
Several European microstates outside the EU have adopted the euro as their currency. For EU sanctioning of this adoption, a monetary agreement must be concluded. Prior to the launch of the euro, agreements were reached with Monaco, San Marino, and Vatican City by EU member states (Italy in the case of San Marino and Vatican City, and France in the case of Monaco) allowing them to use the euro ...
The language(s) of this currency belong(s) to the Slavic languages. There is more than one way to construct plural forms. Symbol: KM Denominations; Subunit 1 ⁄ 100: Fening "Fening" is the official English language name of the subunit. Symbol Fening: pf: Banknotes Freq. used: KM 10, KM 20, KM 50, KM 100 Rarely used: KM 200: Coins