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The euro came into existence on 1 January 1999. [2] It had been a goal of the European Union (EU) and its predecessors since the 1960s. [2] The Maastricht Treaty entered into force in 1993 with the goal of creating economic and monetary union by 1999 for all EU states except the United Kingdom and Denmark (even though Denmark has a fixed exchange rate policy with the euro).
All de facto present currencies in Europe, and an incomplete list of the preceding currency, are listed here. In Europe, the most commonly used currency is the euro (used by 26 countries); any country entering the European Union (EU) is expected to join the eurozone [ 1 ] when they meet the five convergence criteria. [ 2 ]
Currency quotations use the abbreviations for currencies that are prescribed by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) in standard ISO 4217.The major currencies and their designation in the foreign exchange market are the US dollar (USD), Euro (EUR), Japanese yen (JPY), British pound (GBP), Australian dollar (AUD), Canadian dollar (CAD), and the Swiss franc (CHF).
The silver 1 lempira coins ceased production in 1937, with the other silver coins (20 & 50 centavos) replaced by cupro-nickel in 1967. The 1 and 2 centavos coins were last minted in 1998 and 1974, respectively. Coins of the following denominations are currently legal tender. [4] However as of 2024 coins are only very rarely used for payments.
To try to resume stability, a version of the gold standard was reintroduced in 1925, under which the currency was fixed to gold at its pre-war peg, but one could only exchange currency for gold bullion, not for coins. On 21 September 1931, this was abandoned during the Great Depression, and sterling suffered an initial devaluation of some 25%. [83]
Jersey pound – Jersey (not an independent currency) Lebanese pound – Lebanon; Libyan pound – Libya; Lombardo-Venetian pound – Lombardy–Venetia; Luccan pound – Lucca; Luxembourgish pound – Luxembourg; Malawian pound – Malawi; Maltese pound – Malta; Manx pound – Isle of Man (not an independent currency) Maryland pound – Maryland
U.S. Currency and Coin Outstanding and in Circulation; American Currency Exhibit at the San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank Archived June 7, 2023, at the Wayback Machine; Relative values of the U.S. dollar, from 1774 to present; Historical Currency Converter; Summary of BEP Production Statistics; The U.S. Currency Education Program