The new notes are smaller than the current versions, meaning they will fit better into people's wallets, the European Central Bank (ECB) said. The size meant the notes would also be handled easier ...

The first notes and coins were issued with great fanfare on January 1, 2002, when the euro became legal tender for all transactions in Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Greece ...

With the introduction of euro notes and coins on January 1, 2002, Barclays Private Clients, the wealth management arm of Barclays, is launching a new euro High Interest Cheque Account (euro HICA ...

It lagged below the dollar in the years following the currency's launch in 1999, but the last time it traded below the dollar was December 2002 - less than a year after euro notes and coins were ...

Focussing on January 1st, 2002 - the date when euro notes and coins are due to be introduced - is misleading. For example, the IBEC code of practice for changeover to the euro recommends that ...

European coins date back at least to the Roman Empire, though mass production didn’t begin until later with a spike in the number of silver coins. The latter development signaled a ...

There are 112 days to go until E-Day, January 1st, 2002. The countdown to the introduction of euro coins and notes into circulation in Ireland and 11 other European states is now entering its ...

Drachma notes and coins, Greece's national currency before adopting the euro, are displayed for sale at a street market in Athens. Even in the digital age, it would take months to create and ...