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Payments in Germany

Information for expats and foreigners

EURO Currency Information

Official fixed rates – Euro to former national currencies

Euro-area Member State Old national currency Conversion rate to €1
Belgium Belgian franc (BEF) 40.3399
Germany German mark (DEM) 1.95583
Estonia Estonian kroon (EEK) 15.6466
Ireland Irish pound (punt) (IEP) 0.787564
Greece Greek drachma (GRD) 340.750
Spain Spanish peseta (ESP) 166.386
Cyprus Cyprus pound (CYP) 0.585274
France French franc (FRF) 6.55957
Italy Italian lira (ITL) 1936.27
Latvia Latvian lat (LTL) 0.702804
Luxembourg Luxembourg franc (LUF) 40.3399
Malta Maltese lira (MTL) 0.429300
The Netherlands Dutch guilder (NLG) 2.20371
Austria Austrian schilling (ATS) 13.7603
Portugal Portugese escudo (PTE) 200.482
Slovenia Slovenian tolar (SIT) 239.640
Slovakia Slovak koruna (SKK) 30.1260
Finland Finnish markka (FIM) 5.94573

Which european countries use the Euro as a currency?

Euro area countries

  • Austria
  • Belgium
  • Cyprus
  • Estonia
  • Finland
  • France
  • Germany
  • Greece
  • Ireland
  • Italy
  • Latvia
  • Lithuania
  • Luxembourg
  • Malta
  • the Netherlands
  • Portugal
  • Slovakia
  • Slovenia
  • Spain

Non-euro area countries

  • Bulgaria
  • Croatia
  • Czech Republic
  • Hungary
  • Poland
  • Romania
  • Sweden

Countries that opted out

  • Denmark
  • United Kingdom

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