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The euro sign (€) is the currency sign used for the euro, the official currency of the eurozone and adopted, although not required to, by Kosovo and Montenegro.The design was presented to the public by the European Commission on 12 December 1996.
»The copyright for the euro symbol belongs to the European Community, which for this purpose is represented by the European Commission. The Commission does not object to the use of the euro symbol, indeed it encourages the symbol’s use as a currency designator.«
For example, the euro sign € is based on ϵ, an archaic form of the Greek epsilon, to represent Europe; [4] the Indian rupee sign ₹ is a blend of the Latin letter 'R' with the Devanagari letter र ; [5] and the Russian Ruble sign ₽ is based on Р (the Cyrillic capital letter 'er'). [6]
English: Official icon for Creative Commons "by-nc-nd" licenses with Euro symbol instead of dollar Русский: Официальный значок для лицензий Creative Commons "by-nc-nd" с символом евро вместо доллара.
Size of this PNG preview of this SVG file: 512 × 462 pixels. ... Das Diagramm zeigt, wie das Euro-Symbol gemäß der offiziellen Dokumentation zu zeichnen ist. Es ...
The name euro was officially adopted on 16 December 1995 in Madrid. [15] The euro was introduced to world financial markets as an accounting currency on 1 January 1999, replacing the former European Currency Unit (ECU) at a ratio of 1:1 (US$1.1743 at the time). Physical euro coins and banknotes entered into circulation on 1 January 2002, making ...
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It was created in 1955 by the CoE and adopted by the EU, then the European Communities, in the 1980s. The CoE and EU are distinct in membership and nature. The CoE is a 47-member international organisation dealing with human rights and rule of law, while the EU is a quasi-federal union of 27 states focused on economic integration and political ...