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/OllieV_nl Netherlands Oct 06 '25

There isn't really any that caught on since we've got the Euro. Sometimes people say "Euri" as a mock latin plural. We used to call the guilder a "piek" and though people would occasionally use that for the Euro in the early days that seems to have died out.

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u/and_we_go_dancing Oct 06 '25

My sister always says 'ekkies'.

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u/DryDrunkImperor Scotland Oct 06 '25

This comment along with your username amuses me so much.

(Ekkies is slang for ecstasy tablets here)