The Euro is the second most traded currency in the world after the US dollar. With a total of €790 billion in printed bills and coinage, it surpasses the latter in terms of total value in circulation. While it is the official currency of the European Union, it is in fact only used by 15 of the total 27 member states, collectively referred to as the 'Eurozone', plus an additional 5 non-member European nations. Over 300 million Europeans therefore use the currency on a daily basis. In addition, another 175 million people worldwide use currencies that are pegged at the Euro, most of whom are located in Africa. These factors make the Eurozone into what is considered the world's second largest economy. Like the American dollar, the Euro is divided into 100 cents, and coins are produced in€2, 1€, 50cent, 20cent, 10cent, 5cent, 2cent, and 1cent denominations. Banknotes are issued for the amounts of€5, €10, €20, €50, €100, €200, and even€500, but the latter 2 denominations are quite rare and not even issued in some European nations.
位居排名第一美金之後, 歐元是世界上流通性第二名的主要貨幣. 歐元擁有總價7900億的紙鈔及銅幣, 超過了現今在貨幣流通的價值性。歐元是歐盟的官方貨幣, 事實上27個會員國中也只有15個正在使用, 另外再加上五個非歐盟會員國, 統稱為'歐元區'。因此有超過3億個歐洲人口日常生活都使用此幣。此外, 在全球另有1億7千5百萬人口的貨幣因歐元價值而跟著浮動,這些使用人口大部份都在非洲。 這些因素使得歐元區被視為全球第二大經濟體。就像美金一樣, 歐元被細分成100分錢, 銅幣則被製造有2歐、1歐、50分、20分、10分、5分、2分及1分歐元。紙鈔發行的金額則有5歐、10歐、20歐、50歐、100歐、200歐甚至500歐。而最後兩種單位幣值相當少見, 有些歐洲國家甚至沒有發行。 |
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