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One currency, nineteen countries, zero shared opinion on how to spend it.
means The common currency shared by most European Union member states.
from Simply a 20th-century coinage blending 'Europe' with the '-o' pattern common to currency names; the name was chosen by EU officials in the 1990s (beating out alternatives like 'ecu') before the currency launched for financial markets in 1999 and cash in 2002.
- launched
- 1999 digitally, cash followed in 2002
- design trick
- bridges and windows on notes belong to no real building
- biggest flex
- second most traded currency on earth
- no face
- no portraits, to avoid picking a favorite nation