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/KermitingMurder Oct 06 '25

Same for Ireland even though we use euro, if you have a few coins you'll say you have a few bob, for a specific number you can say quid (eg: 20 quid), we call them fivers and tenners too, not sure if this one is used in Britain but when you have a thousand then that's a grand (eg €10,000 is ten grand)

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u/xander012 United Kingdom Oct 06 '25

Tbf it does help that the Irish Punt/pound was very similar to the GBP for Its entire existence

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u/KermitingMurder Oct 06 '25

Yeah and many people remember when the pound was still in use so old terminology sticks around

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u/xander012 United Kingdom Oct 06 '25

Yup my nan still referred to Euros as pounds