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This category contains the currencies that were replaced by the euro and directly preceding the euro. Pages in category "Currencies replaced by the euro" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total.
5-sol French coin and silver coins – New France Spanish-American coins- unofficial; Playing cards – 1685-1760s, sometimes officially New France; 15 and a 30-deniers coin known as the mousquetaire – early 17th century New France
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 ]
This category contains all currencies used from 19th century until their replacement by the Euro or other currencies. See also the preceding Category:Early Modern currencies and the succeeding Category:Modern currencies
The euro thus became the successor to the European Currency Unit (ECU). The notes and coins for the old currencies, however, continued to be used as legal tender until new notes and coins were introduced on 1 January 2002 (having been distributed in small amounts in the previous December). Starting on 1 January 1999, all bonds and other forms ...
The peseta linked its value with the euro coin on 1 January 1999, and hit rock bottom that year when Pts 200 were required to buy US$1. [15] At the time Euro became a material coin, Pts 185.29 were needed to buy US$1, that is, 1.1743 euros. [16] The peseta was replaced by the euro in 2002, [17] following the establishment of the euro in 1999 ...
Using a mechanism known as the "snake in the tunnel", the European Exchange Rate Mechanism was an attempt to minimize fluctuations between member state currencies—initially by managing the variance of each against its respective ECU reference rate—with the aim to achieve fixed ratios over time, and so enable the European Single Currency (which became known as the euro) to replace national ...
Countries that have made legal agreements with the EU to use the euro: Andorra, Monaco, San Marino, Vatican City; Countries that unilaterally use the euro: Montenegro, Kosovo; Currencies pegged to the euro: Cape Verdean escudo, CFA franc, CFP franc, Comorian franc, Bulgarian lev, Bosnia and Herzegovina convertible mark, São Tomé and Príncipe ...