On Jan. 1, the euro becomes the standard currency of a dozen European countries from Ireland to Italy. Billions of coins in circulation in those countries will no longer be accepted anywhere but ...

Just as an aside, some numbers which show us why they are trying to mint €2 euro coins, not 2 cent coins: The average cost of producing each coin denomination is as follows: 2c 2.07c 5c 3.01c ...

The Balkan country of 6.4 million people is to make the switch from its national currency, the lev, to the euro on Jan. 1. Here a ... then swapped out the national notes and coins in 2002. ...

The EU introduced the euro as a digital currency in 1999 and began rolling out coins and paper money in 2002. According to the European Central Bank , more than 340 million Europeans use the euro.

Ireland was one of the first 12 countries to adopt the euro in 2002 and Irish pounds were exchanged for euro coins and notes. The country’s growth rate has since been one of the strongest in Europe.

Croatia is adopting the EU’s common currency, the euro, and joining the Schengen Area, Europe’s visa-free travel zone, ... and we are almost done minting the needed 600 million coins.

The euro is a shared currency and monetary system launched in 1999 when 11 EU member countries irrevocably fixed their currencies to the euro as an accounting currency, then swapped out the ...

European Union officials gave the green light Wednesday for Bulgaria to become the 21st member of the euro currency union,, a key EU project aimed at deepening the ties between member countries.

Bulgaria is unusual in that it pegged its currency, the lev, to the euro right from the beginning of monetary union in 1999, even before it joined the European Union in 2007.