Money Money Money

Good Morning Room 3

Welcome back to Term 3! I know you have all been learning about Australian money in class so I thought I would do a post about the money used in France. French people used to use francs until 2002 when the francs were replaced with euros. Euros are used in many countries in Europe, which is how the currency got it's name. Currency is a grown up word for money.

Use this map of Europe to find out which countries use the Euro as their currency.

The symbol for Australian dollars is $. The symbol for euros is €. It kind of looks like a curly E with two lines in the middle instead of one. You would use the word euro instead of dollars so you could say something like "Mum can I pppplllleeeaaassee get that lollie, it's only 2€?" Unlike the $ symbol that goes before the number the euro goes after.

The euro coins are very similar to Australian coins. The euro coins are 5c, 10c, 20c, 50c, 1€ and 2€ but unlike Australia they also have 1c and 2c. The cents are said as 'euro cents'.

All the Euro coins, front and back.

The notes are similar too. There are 5€, 10€, 20€, 50€ and 100€ notes but wait... this is the cool part... there are also 200€ and 500€ notes! Awesome!

The coins and notes are really beautifully designed, just like Australian currency because they are both modern. 

I did go to a museum where they had some of the first coins ever used because as we all know money was original invented as a way of controlling trade and paying wages. 

I hope you have learnt some cool things about euros. Maybe you have seen a real euro before from your parents or grandparents travels? Do you know any other currencies from other countries? Ask someone in you family which different money they have seen or used and what it was called.

I hope you are saving your money wisely and didn't spend it all these winter holidays.

Au revoir

Miss Stinson