Euro Conversion Rates
Updated August 28, 2020 |
Infoplease Staff
On Jan. 1, 1999, eleven European countries began using the euro electronically, as a denomination for debt issues and bank accounts. The actual notes and coins entered circulation on Jan. 1, 2002. The conversion rates for the participating currencies were fixed as follows.
13.76 | Austrian schillings |
40.34 | Belgian francs |
2.20 | Dutch guilders |
5.95 | Finnish markkas |
6.56 | French francs |
1.96 | German marks |
340.75 | Greek Drachma |
0.79 | Irish punts |
1,936.27 | Italian lire |
40.34 | Luxembourg francs |
200.48 | Portuguese escudos |
166.39 | Spanish pesetas |
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