Euro in Polish Zloty

EUR Euro

Country of application:
European Union, Austria, Aland Islands, Andorra, Belgium, Vatican, Guadeloupe, Guiana, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Spain, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mayotte, Malta, Martinique, Monaco, Netherlands, Portugal, Reunion, San Marino, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Finland, France, French Southern and Antarctic Territories

Coin denominations in circulation:
2 and 1 euro, 50, 20, 10, 5, 2 and 1 cent.

Denominations of banknotes in circulation:
500, 200, 100, 50, 20, 10 and 5 euros.

History reference:
The Euro is a world currency on a par with the US dollar. It is also a reserve currency (along with the dollar, pound sterling, Japanese yen, Chinese yuan and Swiss franc). The euro symbol, €, is the... symbol for the Greek letter epsilon. According to the standards, the sign is printed in yellow on a blue background. The sign symbolizes Europe, and two parallel lines denote reliability and stability. Sometimes a character is written with one stroke instead of two. Euro is the official currency of 19 EU countries (Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Austria, Belgium, Netherlands, Finland, Greece, Slovenia, Slovakia, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Ireland, Luxembourg, Cyprus, Malta).

PLN Polish Zloty

Country of application:
Poland

Coin denominations in circulation:
5, 2, 1 zloty, 50, 20, 10, 5, 2 and 1 grosz.

Denominations of banknotes in circulation:
200, 100, 50, 20 and 10 zlotys.

History reference:
Zloty (Polish - gold) - at least since the 15th century, the everyday name of the golden ducat, since 1526 - the main counting monetary unit, since 1564 - the silver coin of the Kingdom of Poland, an...d after the Commonwealth, from 1924 to the present - national currency of Poland. Initially, the word "złoty" in Poland was used to refer to foreign-made gold coins (mostly ducats), then for some time in the 16th century, the złoty was a counting monetary unit, and since 1564, złoty began to be minted in the form of silver coins. Before the zloty, other monetary units were used in Poland - the Polish mark (or, as it was also called the "hryvnia"), kopa, and the Krakow hryvnia.