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How people name the notes

Spoken names for teaching faces — not a cash drawer and not live FX.

Literacy labels only. Series change; this is not a catalogue of every issue.

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💵 United States dollar

USD

a twenty, a hundred

US talk often drops “dollar” after the first mention.

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💶 Euro

EUR

a fifty, a hundred

Euro notes start at five; there is no one-euro note.

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💴 Japanese yen

JPY

sen-en, ichiman-en satsu

Yen speech uses the face plus satsu (bill).

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🇰🇷 South Korean won

KRW

man-won, oman-won

Korean speech uses man (10,000) as a unit.

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