Euro in Central African Franc

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).

XAF Central African Franc

Country of application:
Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon

Coin denominations in circulation:
1, 2, 5, 10, 25, 100, 500 francs.

Denominations of banknotes in circulation:
500, 1000, 2000, 5000, 10000 francs.

History reference:
The national official currency of Cameroon is the CFA franc BEAC, the franc of financial cooperation in Central Africa, or the Central African franc (international designation XAF). The Central Afric...an franc is the currency of thirteen African countries in the French franc currency area. The XAF has its origins in Frances African colonial empire. France ruled most of West and Central Africa from the mid-nineteenth century to the mid-twentieth century. In 1910, the French government established the French Equatorial Africa, which was a federation of French colonial possessions in Equatorial Africa, stretching north from the Congo River to the Sahel.