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Message:: [QUOTE="chrisild, post: 154908, member: 39"]It's not that the ECB "insists" - the units are called "euro" and "cent" in both singular and plural according to EU law. And the law is not made by the Central Bank but by the Council and other legislative bodies. The only reason why on the cent coins the word "euro" (in smaller characters) was added to the word "cent" is that the connection to the euro was supposed to make clear, particularly with regard to the Netherlands which had "cent" (singular and plural) coins before. What currency a country uses, which institutions it joins or leaves, is basically up to the country. And quite obviously both the European Monetary Union and the other countries can well live with the current setup. And yes, people may of course use whatever local terms they want to use instead of "euro" and "cent". It's just that, as US law uses official terms for US coinage, EU law uses official terms for euro coinage. (Is it possible to "split" this subject? The OP may not be interested in this ...) Christian[/QUOTE]