2007-01-10 07:43:10 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Business & Finance ➔ Other - Business & Finance
in the movie "millions" - didn't they use the euro? - or was that all story telling?.. is it like- euro is accepted but pounds prefered?
2007-01-10 08:03:57 · update #1
UK, Cyprus and Malta don't use euros.
2007-01-10 07:51:46 · answer #1 · answered by mini metro 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I think in Europe they all use the Euro, like the dollar which is used in all the states but in Britain they also maybe have bartering which is what my Grandpa said they did when he was there during the war, so they exchange goods based on weight measured in pounds. So they may say I'll give you a pound of sugar for two pounds of lard (which is like crisco) or I'll give you a frolic in the hay for three pounds of apples and a a half pound of nylons. The money in England before the Euro was not decimal either so they had some mad form of 16 pence to a shilling and 37 1/2 to a groat or something like that. I think they did not want to change as they are quite conservative I am told but the money system was so complicated that they decided to use the Euro as tourists (the main revenue earner for Britain) could not really get to grips with the money.
2007-01-10 16:15:10 · answer #2 · answered by albert_rossie 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
As the old Britons used to say "There will always be a Pound". Th UK hasn't adopted the Euro as official currency. The adoption a a single currency is by consensus and not mandatory in the EU.
2007-01-10 15:51:02 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Only 12 out of the 28 European Union countries use the Euro
2007-01-10 15:52:34 · answer #4 · answered by hippy45 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
not all of europe uses the euro ..the uk still uses the pound
2007-01-13 21:34:10 · answer #5 · answered by vanwilder 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cos the UK is not stupid enough to have accepted the Euro, we still do our business in £'s.
2007-01-10 15:51:40 · answer #6 · answered by L D 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I guess that would mean that all of Europe doesn't use just the Euro. (yet)
2007-01-10 15:49:00 · answer #7 · answered by FireBug 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All of Europe does not use the Euro.
UK still has pounds thank god.
2007-01-10 15:52:06 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
the uk doesn't use the euro, denmark, sweden and norway I think still use their own currency, and of course swizterland, but although in europe, they don't belong to the EU so they don't count.
2007-01-10 15:52:05 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In UK we have pounds, and Sweden has crones, and Finland has Finn marks... What is your problem? A bit of maths - that's all
2007-01-10 15:52:49 · answer #10 · answered by Everona97 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋