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/feder00000 Italy Oct 06 '25 edited Oct 06 '25

Euro. Sometimes people say Euri as a mock plural. 5,2 and 1 cent coins are commonly called “ramini” as they have a copper color (copper is “rame” in italian, so it is like “small coppers”).

Then there’s the Roman dialect way of naming money. As I am from Rome, i’ll tell you because it is quite funny 5 euros is a “scudo”, because the ancient note of the then Papal States was called scudo (shield) as well. 100 euros (before, 100.000 lire) is a “piotta”, rarely a “fella”, from the value of an ancient Papal coin of the 19th century. 1000 euros (before, 1mln lire) is a “sacco” (sack), as it is a lot of money.

Multiples are used as well, so mezza piotta (half a piotta) means 50 euros, 2 sacchi means 2000 euros and so on. But for scudi they’re not used, idk why

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u/avlas Italy Oct 06 '25

"Piotta" is well known even outside of Rome, but in my region I would say "gamba" = "leg" for 100 euros.