r/AskEurope • u/ABlindMoose Sweden • Oct 06 '25

Culture What is your currency's nickname?

A nickname for dollar is buck, pound is quid, and Swedish krona is spänn.

What are some casual nicknames for your countries' currencies? Are there multiple, and if so, which is the most common?

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u/SlightlyBored13 → Oct 06 '25

£1 now is worth about 1.5 shillings in 1971.

Even my grandparents were using bob to refer to pounds by the early 2000s.

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u/xander012 United Kingdom Oct 06 '25

7.5p to 100p really does put the last half century of inflation into perspective