very basic euro questions
 

My upcoming Ireland trip is my first trip to Europe since the euro arrived. Is there a sub-unit of the euro (like cents or pence)? Do they have nicknames, like shillings, quarters, dimes, centimes, etc.

Jake there is a pretty kewl web site that explains all you would want to know and more about the EURO, including color pictures of the notes and coins. It is:

http://www.euro.ecb.int/en.html

Hi Jake,

The govt of reland knew you would be coming, and set up a website for you.

http://www.gov.ie/ecbi-euro/

Euro and cent. Not aware of any nicknames yet anyway, although it is sometimes jokingly referred to as "Monopoly" money. When here, you may notice some people inadvertently refer to something in Pounds or Pence. It's just force of habit, especially among the older generation.

Each country is allowed to use its own name for Euro cents. In France, for instance, they are called centimes.

In the Netherlands, the nicknames for the old money are often used for the eurocent coins, which gives us the remarkable "Kwartje" (quarter) for the 20 cent piece!