Saturday, September 25, 2010

Eurozone currencies before the Euro

What were the seventeen nations of eurozone currencies before the Euro became their shared single form of money ?

  1. Belgium used the Belgian Frank
  2. Austria used Austrian Schilling
  3. France used the French Franc
  4. Ireland used the Irish Pound or Irish Punt
  5. Germany used the Deutsche Mark
  6. Slovania used the Slovanian Tolar
  7. Slovakia used the Slovak Koruna
  8. Greece used the Greek Drachma
  9. Italy used the Italian Lira
  10. Portugal used the Portuguese Escudo
  11. Spain used the Spanish Peseta
  12. Luxembourg used the Luxembourgish Franc
  13. The Netherlands used the Dutch Guilder
  14. Estonia used the Estii Kroon
  15. Cyprus used the Cypriot Pound
  16. Finland used the Finnish Markka
  17. Malta used the Maltese Lira
The matter of Eurozone currencies before the Euro is more complicated as one digs deeper into the history of the seventeen nations currently signed on to the EMU conventions.

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