Euro
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![The central bank has its seat in Frankfurt (Germany) and is in charge of the monetary policy of the euro area.](/Images/godic/202502/15/European_Central_Bank_-_building_under_construction_-_Frankfurt_-_Germany_-_135655.jpg")
![Euro coins and banknotes of various denominations.](/Images/godic/202502/15/Euro_coins_and_banknotes5655.jpg")
![The new banknotes were introduced in the beginning of 2013. The top half of the image shows the front side of the banknote and the bottom half shows the back side.](/Images/godic/202502/15/New_finnish_2013_5_euro5655.png")
The euro (sign: €; code: EUR) is the official currency of the eurozone, which consists of 19 of the 28 member states of the European Union: Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Spain. The currency is also officially used by the institutions of the European Union and four other European countries, as well as unilaterally by two others, and is consequently used daily by some 337 million Europeans as of 2015. Outside of Europe, a number of overseas territories of EU members also use the euro as their currency.