RBC Royal Bank has discontinued buying and selling drafts, travellers cheques and other payment instruments in the national currency of the 12 Euro member countries.
For your convenience, we are providing a Euro Converter and a Euro Rate Chart, which displays the
'irrevocably fixed' conversion rate between each member country's national currency and the Euro as agreed to by the European Monetary Union on December 31, 1998.
To use the Euro Converter, simply enter the amount you wish to convert in the appropriate box, select the national currency and click the "Convert" button. The equivalent
amount will be displayed in Euro.
Currency Name
Currency Code
Fixed Conversion Rate
1 euro =
Austrian Schilling
ATS
13.7603
Belgium Franc
BEF
40.3399
Deutsche Mark
DEM
1.95583
Finnish Markka
FIM
5.94573
French Franc
FRF
6.55957
Greek Drachma
GRD
340.75
Irish Punt
IEP
0.787564
Italian Lira
ITL
1936.27
Luxembourg Franc
LUF
40.3399
Netherland Guilder
NLG
2.20371
Portuguese Escudo
PTE
200.482
Spanish Peseta
ESP
166.386
NOTES:
RBC Financial Group will continue to accept payment instruments in the national currency on a "collection basis"
only.
Euro Notes and Coins were introduced as legal tender January 1, 2002.
RBC Financial Group will continue to accept National Currency Bank Notes for exchange to Canadian dollars until
further notice by the Central Banks of the euro countries.
