Talk:Euro

"currency code" vs "code"

Like in Japanese yen, I think the first line of article could use "code" instead of "currency code" because the article is about currency so there is no ambiguity.

@Remsense (tagging because reversed edit)

Tagging top editors of currency articles: @Dasomm, @Danlaycock, @JMF, @LendingNext, @Vgbyp

Connoisseurship (talk) 12:54, 13 June 2025 (UTC)

It reads awkwardly to me, and there's no actual benefit from cutting the keyword. Japanese yen is the way it is because it has to fit three terms in the lead parenthetical, not two. Remsense 🌈 论 12:57, 13 June 2025 (UTC)

The USD and GBP articles say "currency code". Omitting the word 'currency' causes a reading hiatus. The only credible alternative is remove the parenthesised text in all currency articles on the grounds that it duplicates the infobox. 𝕁𝕄𝔽 (talk) 15:13, 13 June 2025 (UTC)

After reading the arguments in the two responses above, I agree it is better as it is now. Connoisseurship (talk) 17:10, 13 June 2025 (UTC)

I am of the same opinion. LendingNext (talk) 19:21, 13 June 2025 (UTC)

I notice that there are some articles that just say 'code' (AUD, KRW) and there are those that say 'currency code' (USD, GBP), so there's definitely no clear consensus here yet. To me, 'code' looks better because it is shorter while there is no ambiguity as to what kind of code it is. Vgbyp (talk) 09:31, 14 June 2025 (UTC)

euro coins rare vs freq

the infobox says 1c and 2c is frequently used but its also rarely used?? is this a mistake? Rynoip (talk) 22:36, 28 July 2025 (UTC)

It varies by country. CMD (talk) 23:36, 28 July 2025 (UTC)

Article review

It has been a while since this article has been reviewed, so I took a look and noticed lots of uncited statements, including entire paragraphs and almost the entire "History" section. Should this article go to WP:GAR? Z1720 (talk) 03:58, 10 August 2025 (UTC)

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Several uncited statements and paragraphs. Z1720 (talk) 04:46, 28 August 2025 (UTC)

I've added some citations. I'll continue to add more citations to this. If there is anything else you feel needs improving, let me know! LunaExplorer (talk) 19:04, 28 August 2025 (UTC)

• Feel free to ping me when ready for a re-review. Z1720 (talk) 20:44, 28 August 2025 (UTC)

Footnotes on legal status of euro usage

@JMF: You removed the footnotes on the legal status of the euro usage in Northern Cyprus and Caribbean Netherlands with the comments "the list is of countries where the euro is legal tender. Not places where a hotelier will a happily accept it at a generous markup." How is this relevant? Agreed we should not be listing places where the euro is not legal tender, but these footnotes are directly relevant to the extent to which the euro is legal tender in the listed countries. TDL (talk) 20:28, 31 August 2025 (UTC)

Totally agreed with you. Fernan860 (talk) 20:53, 31 August 2025 (UTC)

It was not I who removed the tourist experience nonsense in the first place but I agree[d] with its removal. I'll look at the article again tomorrow but the euro is certainly not legal tender in Northern Cyprus. Perhaps a small baby may have been thrown out with a lot of dirty bath water. 𝕁𝕄𝔽 (talk) 23:43, 31 August 2025 (UTC)

@Dasomm: unless you get there first? --𝕁𝕄𝔽 (talk) 23:45, 31 August 2025 (UTC)

 Done Thank you, Dasomm. 𝕁𝕄𝔽 (talk) 10:40, 1 September 2025 (UTC)

@JMF: Again, not quite sure what you're referring to with respect to the tourist experience. I fully agree with you on that point, and it is not related to changes being discussed here.

The only remaining item you and Dasomm keep trying to remove that is in dispute is a note on the legal status of the euro Northern Cyprus: [1]

Based on the comments here, it seems clear that there is no consensus to remove it.

Can someone please provide an explaintion for why you think it should be removed? TDL (talk) 14:42, 1 September 2025 (UTC)

The "tourist experience" means people recording that you can use euros in xyz no problem and that the locals even prefer it. That's de facto and we need to stick to de jure.

Northern Cyprus is difficult because it is recognised by nowhere except Turkey. According to it's infobox, the legal currency (for settlement of taxes, which is as close as we can get) is the Turkish lira. So probably, as is the case in Turkey, tourist venues prefer hard euros to soft liras. Do we have any RS that can say definitively what the position is? 𝕁𝕄𝔽 (talk) 15:27, 1 September 2025 (UTC)

As for the footnote (saying that Cyprus is in the eurozone but part of its territory is outside its jurisdiction), is that level of detail really due? So include the British bases to say that the UK is also in the eurozone? 𝕁𝕄𝔽 (talk) 15:39, 1 September 2025 (UTC)

but if you want to reinstate it, I won't object. 𝕁𝕄𝔽 (talk) 16:15, 1 September 2025 (UTC)

Agreed that we should stick to the de jure status and usage.

Protocol 10 to the EU accession treaty suspends the application of EU acquis to Northern Cyprus, so legally it cannot use the euro.[2] I do think that this exclusion from application from a significant fraction of Cyprus' de jure territory warrants a footnote.

Note that the usage by the British bases is already separately listed under "Other users". TDL (talk) 02:19, 2 September 2025 (UTC)