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by blahedo 338 days ago
Random observation: I remember seeing the second round of euro bills and momentarily thinking, "EBPO? cool, but why did they add Cyrillic to the design?"

It was specifically for Bulgaria, the only EU country to use the Cyrillic alphabet. Eurozone membership was a distant thought at that point, but they knew they'd be in eventually. Now's the time!

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Because they wrote ΕΥΡΩ specifically only for Greece, the only country to use Greek alphabet.
Technically, 2 EU countries: Greece and Cyprus.
Right but back then Cyprus was not an EU member.