Euro

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currency fiat currency legal tender

The Euro is the official common currency used by many countries in the European Union, facilitating trade and travel across much of Europe.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
euro	42
EUR	14
European Union euro	1

Statements (89)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	currency ⓘ fiat currency ⓘ legal tender ⓘ
area	Eurozone ⓘ surface form: Eurozone member states
banknoteDesignTheme	European architectural styles ⓘ
coinDesignFeature	common European side and national side ⓘ
denominationBanknote	€10 ⓘ €100 ⓘ €20 ⓘ €200 ⓘ €5 ⓘ €50 ⓘ €500 ⓘ
denominationCoin	1 cent ⓘ 10 cent ⓘ 2 cent ⓘ 20 cent ⓘ 5 cent ⓘ 50 cent ⓘ €1 ⓘ €2 ⓘ
introducedAsBookCurrency	1999-01-01 ⓘ
introducedAsCash	2002-01-01 ⓘ
ISO4217Code	Euro self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: EUR
issuingAuthority	European Central Bank ⓘ Eurosystem ⓘ surface form: national central banks of the euro area
legalStatus	official currency of the Eurozone ⓘ
managedBy	Eurosystem ⓘ
monetaryPolicySetBy	Governing Council of the European Central Bank ⓘ
officialName	Euro self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: euro
peggedTo	European Currency Unit ⓘ surface form: European Currency Unit (at introduction)
purpose	facilitate trade within the European Union ⓘ facilitate travel within the Eurozone ⓘ
rank	one of the most traded currencies in the world ⓘ
region	European Union ⓘ
relationshipToEU	official currency of most EU member states ⓘ
replacedCurrency	Austrian schilling ⓘ Belgian franc (Latin Monetary Union) ⓘ surface form: Belgian franc Croatian kuna ⓘ Cypriot pound ⓘ Deutsche Mark ⓘ Dutch guilder ⓘ Estonian kroon ⓘ Finnish markka ⓘ French franc (Latin Monetary Union) ⓘ surface form: French franc Greek drachma (Latin Monetary Union) ⓘ surface form: Greek drachma Irish Free State pound ⓘ surface form: Irish pound Italian lira ⓘ Latvian lats ⓘ Lithuanian litas ⓘ Maltese lira ⓘ Portuguese escudo ⓘ Slovak koruna ⓘ Slovenian tolar ⓘ Spanish peseta ⓘ
subunit	cent ⓘ
subunitToUnit	100 ⓘ
symbol	€ ⓘ
usedFor	cross-border trade ⓘ international reserves ⓘ tourism payments ⓘ
usedIn	Andorra ⓘ Austria ⓘ Belgium ⓘ Croatia ⓘ Cyprus ⓘ Estonia ⓘ Eurozone ⓘ Finland ⓘ France ⓘ French overseas departments and territories using the euro ⓘ Germany ⓘ Greece ⓘ Ireland ⓘ Italy ⓘ Kosovo ⓘ Latvia ⓘ Lithuania ⓘ Luxembourg ⓘ Malta ⓘ Monaco ⓘ Montenegro ⓘ Netherlands ⓘ Portugal ⓘ San Marino ⓘ Slovakia ⓘ Slovenia ⓘ Spain ⓘ Vatican City ⓘ

Referenced by (124)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Spain → currency → Euro ⓘ

State of Berlin → currency → Euro ⓘ

Tenerife → currency → Euro ⓘ

Ulster Bank → currency → Euro ⓘ

unified Germany → currency → Euro ⓘ

subject surface form: Unified Germany

Valdemoro → currency → Euro ⓘ

Zimbabwe → currency → Euro ⓘ

European Union → currencyCode → Euro ⓘ

this entity surface form: EUR

euro (indirectly, via later French franc) → currencyCode → Euro ⓘ

subject surface form: euro

this entity surface form: EUR

De Nederlandsche Bank → currencyIssued → Euro ⓘ

this entity surface form: euro

European Central Bank → currencyManaged → Euro ⓘ

this entity surface form: euro

Eurosystem → currencyManaged → Euro ⓘ

this entity surface form: euro

Royal Dutch Mint → currencyMinted → Euro ⓘ

this entity surface form: euro

Asian Development Bank → currencyOfOperations → Euro ⓘ

this entity surface form: euro

Spanish peseta → exchangeableInto → Euro ⓘ

this entity surface form: euro

Thai baht → frequentlyTradedAgainst → Euro ⓘ

this entity surface form: euro

Gouvinhas → hasCurrency → Euro ⓘ

Europe → hasCurrencyUsedInManyCountries → Euro ⓘ

Central African CFA franc → hasFixedParityWith → Euro ⓘ

this entity surface form: euro

Treaty on European Union → legalBasisFor → Euro ⓘ

this entity surface form: euro

European Currency Unit → legalSuccessorCurrency → Euro ⓘ

this entity surface form: euro

Euro → officialName → Euro self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: euro

Cape Verdean escudo → peggedTo → Euro ⓘ

this entity surface form: euro

Central African CFA franc → peggedTo → Euro ⓘ

this entity surface form: euro

ITL → peggedTo → Euro ⓘ

this entity surface form: euro

West African CFA franc → peggedTo → Euro ⓘ

this entity surface form: euro

European Currency Unit → relatedConcept → Euro ⓘ

this entity surface form: euro

Cypriot pound → replacedBy → Euro ⓘ

this entity surface form: euro

DEM → replacedBy → Euro ⓘ

this entity surface form: EUR

Deutsche Mark → replacedBy → Euro ⓘ

this entity surface form: euro

DM → replacedBy → Euro ⓘ

subject surface form: Deutsche Mark

this entity surface form: euro

Dutch guilder → replacedBy → Euro ⓘ

this entity surface form: euro

European Currency Unit → replacedBy → Euro ⓘ

this entity surface form: euro

Finnish markka → replacedBy → Euro ⓘ

this entity surface form: euro

ITL → replacedBy → Euro ⓘ

this entity surface form: euro

Italian lira → replacedBy → Euro ⓘ

this entity surface form: euro

Maltese lira → replacedBy → Euro ⓘ

this entity surface form: euro

SKK → replacedBy → Euro ⓘ

this entity surface form: EUR

Slovak koruna → replacedBy → Euro ⓘ

this entity surface form: EUR

Spanish peseta → replacedBy → Euro ⓘ

this entity surface form: euro

Yugoslav dinar → replacedBy → Euro ⓘ

this entity surface form: euro

Zimbabwean dollar → replacedBy → Euro ⓘ

East German mark → replacedByCurrency → Euro ⓘ

this entity surface form: euro

Finnish markka → replacedByCurrencyCode → Euro ⓘ

this entity surface form: EUR

Deutsche Mark → replacedByISO4217Code → Euro ⓘ

this entity surface form: EUR

DM → succeededBy → Euro ⓘ

subject surface form: Deutsche Mark

this entity surface form: euro

Italian lira → successor → Euro ⓘ

this entity surface form: euro

ZWD → successorCurrenciesUsed → Euro ⓘ

Cypriot pound → successorCurrency → Euro ⓘ

this entity surface form: euro

DEM → successorCurrency → Euro ⓘ