Montenegro and the euro government of Montenegro will adopt some certain elements which should fulfil the conditions for further use of the euro, such as adopting fiscal rules." Unlike official members of the eurozone, Montenegro does not mint coins and therefore has no distinctive national design. Montenegro and the euro Montenegro has no currency of its own. From 1996 the Deutsche Mark was the "de facto" currency in all private and banking transactions and it was formally adopted as Montenegro's currency in November 1999. The mark was replaced by the euro in 2002 without any objections from the European Central Bank (ECB). The European
Currency pair a dot or a dash. A widely traded currency pair is the relation of the euro against the US dollar, designated as EUR/USD. The quotation "EUR/USD 1.2500" means that one euro is exchanged for 1.2500 US dollars. Here, EUR is the base currency and USD is the quote currency(counter currency). This means that 1 Euro can be exchangeable to 1.25 US Dollars. The most traded currency pairs in the world are called the "Majors". They involve the currencies euro, US dollar, Japanese yen, pound sterling, Australian dollar, Canadian dollar, and the Swiss franc. Currency quotations use the abbreviations for currencies