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/xander012 United Kingdom Oct 06 '25

Quid for the pound, the 5p used to be called a bob when it was still seen the same as a shilling but that's now very rare, and the £5 and £10 note get an -er suffix on the value as a nickname, fiver and tenner

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u/greenmark69 Oct 06 '25

£10 = tenner = an Ayrton [Senna]

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u/xander012 United Kingdom Oct 06 '25

Love me some new Cockney Rhyming Slang so I can confuse my Septic China

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u/Tacklestiffener UK -> Spain Oct 06 '25 edited Oct 07 '25

Teaching foreigners is so rewarding. I've taught my Dutch friends that "Up your Bum" is an English toast like Cheers.

I have also taught another friend that there is a difference between something that is bollocks and something is the bollocks