Cash
Euro cash has been in use since 2002 and is now used by more than 341 million people in 20 European countries. Since 1 January 2011, the euro has been the only legal tender in Estonia.
The other countries besides Estonia in the euro area are Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, France, Italy, Ireland, Austria, Finland, Spain, Portugal, Luxembourg, Greece, Slovenia, Cyprus, Malta, Slovakia, Latvia, Lithuania and Croatia. Andorra, Monaco, San Marino and the Vatican also use the euro under an official agreement with the European Union.
There are seven different denominations in the euro banknote series. The banknotes come in different sizes and banknotes with higher face value are larger. The notes depict architecture styles from different eras in European cultural history. The first series of banknotes was designed by Robert Kalina.
Nominal value | Dimensions | Main colour | Motif used in the design |
500 | 160 × 82 mm | Purple | Modern 20th century architecture |
200 | 153 × 82 mm | Yellow-brown | 19th century iron and glass architecture |
100 | 147 × 82 mm | Green | Baroque and rococo |
50 | 140 × 77 mm | Orange | Renaissance |
20 | 133 × 72 mm | Blue | Gothic |
10 | 127 × 67 mm | Red | Romanesque |
5 | 120 × 62 mm | Grey | Classical |