The Family Tree of MoneySearch /
← Read its history
Where did this money come from?

Euro

A history told through its predecessors and the currencies that followed.

65 ancestors0 descendantsEstablished connections in this atlas

Follow a name to its history. Select a dated connection for its evidence.

DocumentedQualified

This currency also received later contributions, distinguished below from its origins.

Explore the euro’s 22 converging predecessors →

The incoming line

All 65 ancestors shown. Predecessors lead down to the selected currency. Later contributions join an existing currency; they do not establish its origin.

Irish pound → Pound sterling · 1826 · Later contribution or absorptionCroatian kuna → Euro · 2023 · Later contribution or absorptionLithuanian litas → Russian ruble · 1940 · Later contribution or absorptionAustrian schilling → German mark · 1938 · Later contribution or absorptionEast German mark → Deutsche Mark · 1990 · Later contribution or absorptionPost-imperial crown circulating in the South Slav kingdom → Serbian and Kingdom Yugoslav dinar · 1920–1923 · Later contribution or absorptionDutch lion-dollar trade account unit → Turkish lira · 1690 · Later contribution or absorptionEgyptian silver drachma accounting → Roman as–denarius–sestertius accounting · Evidence period: AD 296–AD 351 · Later contribution or absorptionRussian ruble → Finnish markka · 1860–1863 · Predecessor connectionEuropean unit of account → European Currency Unit · 1981 · Later contribution or absorptionGerman mark → Estonian interwar currency · 1919 · Predecessor connectionSpanish escudo —1864 account unit → Spanish peseta · 1868–1870 · Predecessor connectionRoman solidus–nomisma accounting → Frankish denier–livre reckoning · Evidence period: AD 400–AD 700 · Earlier ancestry; intervening stages remain openAttic drachma accounting → Egyptian silver drachma accounting · Evidence period: 332 BC–259 BC · Earlier ancestry; intervening stages remain openRoman as–denarius–sestertius accounting → Roman solidus–nomisma accounting · Evidence period: AD 274–AD 375 · Earlier ancestry; intervening stages remain openSlovak koruna → Euro · 2009 · Later contribution or absorptionEstonian interwar currency → Russian ruble · 1940 · Later contribution or absorptionLatvian ruble → Latvian lats · 1993 · Predecessor connectionGerman mark → Lithuanian litas · 1922 · Predecessor connectionLithuanian talonas → Lithuanian litas · 1993 · Predecessor connectionGreek phoenix → Modern Greek drachma · 1833 · Predecessor connectionOld Piedmont lira —20-soldi account unit → Italian lira · 1816–1826 · Predecessor connectionFrankish denier–livre reckoning → Portuguese dinheiro–soldo–libra accounting · Evidence period: AD 800–1145 · Earlier ancestry; intervening stages remain openLithuanian litas → Euro · 2015 · Later contribution or absorptionAustro-Hungarian krone → Austrian krone · 1919 · Predecessor connectionSlovak koruna → Czechoslovak koruna · 1945 · Predecessor connectionSerbian dinar → Postwar Yugoslav dinar · 1945 · Later contribution or absorptionAstur-Leonese and Castilian solidus–dinero accounting → Castilian maravedí / real de vellón accounting · Evidence period: 1100–1500 · Later contribution or absorptionFrankish denier–livre reckoning → Genoese lira · Evidence period: 1138–1141 · Earlier ancestry; intervening stages remain openLatvian lats → Euro · 2014 · Later contribution or absorptionAustrian krone → Austrian schilling · 1925 · Predecessor connectionBohemian and Moravian / Protectorate koruna → Czechoslovak koruna · 1945 · Predecessor connectionAustro-Hungarian krone → Post-imperial crown circulating in the South Slav kingdom · 1919–1920 · Predecessor connectionPortuguese dinheiro–soldo–libra accounting → Portuguese real · 1435–1436 · Predecessor connectionPostwar Yugoslav dinar → Croatian dinar · 1991 · Predecessor connectionFrankish denier–livre reckoning → Livre tournois · Evidence period: AD 794–1204 · Predecessor connectionLivre tournois → French franc · 1795–1799 · Predecessor connectionPostwar Yugoslav dinar → Slovenian tolar · 1991 · Predecessor connectionAustro-Hungarian krone → Czechoslovak koruna · 1919 · Predecessor connectionEstonian kroon → Euro · 2011 · Later contribution or absorptionSlovenian tolar → Euro · 2007 · Later contribution or absorptionCroatian dinar → Croatian kuna · 1994 · Predecessor connectionCzechoslovak koruna → Bohemian and Moravian / Protectorate koruna · 1939 · Predecessor connectionGerman mark → Austrian schilling · 1945 · Predecessor connectionCzechoslovak koruna → Slovak koruna · 1939 · Predecessor connectionPound sterling → Cypriot pound · 1879–1949 · Predecessor connectionEuropean Currency Unit → Euro · 1999 · Predecessor connectionTurkish lira → Serbian groš accounting · 1833 · Predecessor connectionSouth German florin → German mark · 1873 · Predecessor connectionSerbian and Kingdom Yugoslav dinar → Serbian dinar · 1941 · Predecessor connectionGenoese lira → Italian lira · 1826–1842 · Later contribution or absorptionDutch guilder → Belgian franc · 1832–1833 · Predecessor connectionDeutsche Mark → Euro · 1999 · Predecessor connectionPrussian thaler → German mark · 1873 · Predecessor connectionGerman mark → East German mark · 1948 · Predecessor connectionCzechoslovak koruna → Slovak koruna · 1993 · Predecessor connectionGerman mark → Deutsche Mark · 1948 · Predecessor connectionSerbian groš accounting → Serbian and Kingdom Yugoslav dinar · 1878–1879 · Later contribution or absorptionPound sterling → Maltese pound / lira · 1949–1968 · Predecessor connectionDutch guilder → Luxembourg franc · 1849 · Later contribution or absorptionRussian ruble → Estonian kroon · 1992 · Predecessor connectionAustrian gulden → Austro-Hungarian krone · 1892 · Predecessor connectionAustrian schilling → Euro · 1999 · Predecessor connectionRussian ruble → Latvian ruble · 1992 · Predecessor connectionFrench franc → Bulgarian lev · 1880 · Predecessor connectionFrankish denier–livre reckoning → Pound sterling · Evidence period: AD 600–1087 · Earlier ancestry; intervening stages remain openRussian ruble → Lithuanian talonas · 1992 · Predecessor connectionCastilian maravedí / real de vellón accounting → Spanish escudo —1864 account unit · 1864 · Predecessor connectionIrish pound → Euro · 1999 · Predecessor connectionFinnish markka → Euro · 1999 · Predecessor connectionPortuguese real → Portuguese escudo · 1911 · Predecessor connectionPound sterling → Irish pound · 1927–1928 · Predecessor connectionHamburg mark banco → German mark · 1873 · Later contribution or absorptionMaltese pound / lira → Euro · 2008 · Later contribution or absorptionPortuguese escudo → Euro · 1999 · Predecessor connectionBulgarian lev → Euro · 2026 · Later contribution or absorptionCypriot pound → Euro · 2008 · Later contribution or absorptionSpanish peseta → Euro · 1999 · Predecessor connectionLuxembourg franc → Euro · 1999 · Predecessor connectionModern Greek drachma → Euro · 2001 · Later contribution or absorptionBelgian franc → Euro · 1999 · Predecessor connectionItalian lira → Euro · 1999 · Predecessor connectionFrench franc → Euro · 1999 · Predecessor connectionDutch guilder → Euro · 1999 · Predecessor connection
Dates, conversion terms and evidence 84 connections

No successor is established here. This does not imply extinction.

Find a currency