See also:

• Recreation: Collecting: Coins: World Coins: Europe  (50)
• Society: Government: Finance: Central Banks: Supranational: Eurozone  (20)

Background Briefings - € - the Euro: Notes & Coins  www.cec.org.uk/info/pubs/bbriefs/bb30.htm Short summary from the European Commission's office in London.

Background Briefings - EMU  www.cec.org.uk/info/pubs/bbriefs/bb10.htm Short summary from the European Commission's office in London.

Directorate General for Economic and Financial Affairs  ec.europa.eu/dgs/economy_finance/index_en.htm Officieal site of the Directorate General for Economic and Financial Affairs of the European Commission. Archive of recent speeches. Links to relevant offices and email addresses.

Economic theory of EMU  homepage.ntlworld.com/peter.micklem/euro/euroindex.htm Costs and benefits of a common currency.

ECU-Activities  www.ecu-activities.be A quarterly journal, provides coverage of the European Monetary Union, with current articles, statistics and links.

EMU & Euro information  www.sysmod.com/emu.htm EMU/Euro Contents News updates and euro2002 email discussion lists links to live news tickers

EMU and inflation - a civil liberty issue  www.abelard.org/emu/emu-hi.htm This document discusses hidden dangers of emu inflation and contention between nations.

The euro  www.ecb.eu/bc/euro Information, history of the rollout of the Euro, pictures of the coins and banknotes.

The Euro - Europe's Planned Single Common Currency  www.ex.ac.uk/~RDavies/arian/euro.html What are the prospects for European monetary union? This page contains links to official EU information sources and to other sources expressing a variety of viewpoints.

Euro facts  news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/events/the_launch_of_emu/euro_facts/224562.stm The British Broadcast Corporation (BBC) official site on the Euro .Extensive list of links. Discussion on "euroland" with links to maps. A lot of useful links including links to groups sites which do not support the direction the EU is going.

Euro Spectator  www.iue.it/OnlineProjects/LAW/eurospectator A European University Institute project to analyse the perception of EMU by the public and private spheres. Contents include discussion of issues, current agenda, event information, and PDFs of reports.

Europa - The Euro, Our currency  ec.europa.eu/economy_finance/euro/our_currency_en.htm Includes a history of the creation of the Euro.

Europa Portal: Economic and monetary affairs  europa.eu/pol/emu/index_en.htm Links to policy overview, relevant laws, policy implementation and sources of information.

IBM Euro Site  www.europe.ibm.com/euro/index.html The IBM Euro Site - Are you ready for the Euro? What preparations must be made?

JavaScript Euro Converter  users.arsenalfc.net/julian_shulman/euro/euro_converter.html This utility converts an amount in any Euroland currency into all of the Euroland currencies. Simply input an amount and select the currency. The results are rounded and given to either two decimal places or two significant figures.

The plural of "Euro"  www.evertype.com/standards/euro Articles discussing the English plural of "Euro" and "cent".

Pre-Lex: Monetary Affairs  ec.europa.eu/prelex/liste_resultats.cfm?CL=en&ReqId=0&Domain1=1095 Legislation in preparation relating to monetary affairs.

Psychology of Risk, Speculation and Fraud by Linda Davies  www.ex.ac.uk/~RDavies/arian/lindaemu.html How will financial speculators react to European Monetary Union? A novelist who is a former banker outlines a possible scenario.

Reference Texts  europa.eu.int/euro/html/section5.html?section=113&lang=5 The official EU "europa" site of archived documents with regards to the launch of the Euro.The list is made available by author/organization.

Strategic-Road.com: Dossiers / Euro  www.strategic-road.com/dossiers/eurofr.htm A directory of international sites, papers, and documents.