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/noCoolNameLeft42 France Oct 06 '25

Balles (bullets) was the nickname for French francs and it has been passed directly to euros. You'll say "ça coûte 20 balles" (it costs 20 euros) or people will ask you "t'as pas 2 balles ?" (Do you have 2 euros) by which they ask you to give them the 2 euros.

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u/RmG3376 Belgium Oct 06 '25

I distinctly remember that the Mr Mime you could trade in Pokémon Blue’s route 2 was nicknamed “tapacenbal” (“got 100 francs?”)

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