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by pluma 4150 days ago
That table claims it follows the value in Germany, that is not entirely correct.

Colloquially, EUR values are expressed with the currency symbol following the value, but in nearly all business correspondence (i.e. invoices, contracts, etc), it is actually prefixed and in many cases (likely for historical compatibility reasons) spelled out.

In other words, in day-to-day use you'd likely see this:

123,40 €

In more formal situations and invoices you'd expect this:

EUR 123,40

I'm not sure whether this split pre-dates the Euro. I recall seeing "DM 123,40" before the Euro, but I was too young to pay much attention to that kind of thing. Most signage used "123,40 DM" or even "12 Pf." (for Pfennig, the equivalent of cents) or left it off entirely, I think.