[00:02.95]Unit 10 Money Culcure Corner
[00:07.32]The Euro-the Second Biggest
[00:09.44]Currency in the World
[00:11.62]On 1st January 2002,
[00:13.94]twelve European countries started
[00:15.74]using the new Euro as their official currency.
[00:19.44]The Euro soon became the second
[00:21.44]biggest currency in the world.
[00:24.15]Introducing the Euro was not a simple matter.
[00:26.97]There were many things to consider.
[00:28.88]One problem was the design of
[00:30.55]the coins and notes.
[00:32.10]Usually, a currency is associated
[00:34.05]with one country only so it's easier
[00:36.84]to find images and symbols to put on the coins
[00:39.49]and notes.However, for the Euro,
[00:41.82]twelve different countries were involved,
[00:44.11]and each country was as keen as the other
[00:46.83]to be represented.
[00:47.77]The notes were designed by Robert Kalina
[00:50.60]of Austria and he developed an interesting
[00:53.17]solution to the problem.
[00:54.94]His designs show seven different periods
[00:57.26]in European architecture.
[00:59.17]However, instead of showing real,
[01:01.20]existing structures,
[01:02.56]he used photographs to make up imaginary
[01:05.38]structures that best represented
[01:07.75]the different architectureal styles.
[01:10.33]The fronts of the notes show windows
[01:12.07]or gates while the backs show bridges.
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