The euro is the official currency of the European Union and the second most traded and held currency in the world after the U.S. dollar. The euro is the official currency of the European Union (EU ...

FRANKFURT, Germany – A third of the countries gearing up for euro cash have opted out of printing large denomination notes, saying the big bills are too unwieldy for citizens used to more meager ...

While most commodities were quoted in terms of the dollar, beginning in 2011, commodities such as crude oil could receive quotes in other currency denominations, such as the euro. Some foreign ...

The 500-euro bill — the biggest denomination for the euro — is not often seen in day-to-day circulation, and some merchants don’t take them. An ECB survey found that 56 percent of ...

Scrapping high-value €500 bills could knock the euro's value, according to Bank of America Merrill Lynch. Athanasios Vamvakidis, a currency strategist at the US bank, said that withdrawing € ...

If the project finishes as scheduled, the highest denomination in the country's currency will be 100,000 won ($110) in 2009. The corresponding notes in the European Union, the U.S., Japan and Hong ...