Legal tender status of coins
Billetes y monedasLegal tender status of coinsUnlike coins, euro banknotes
are legal tender without limit, ie any debt, whatever the amount, can be
paid with any number of banknotes of any denomination. On the contrary,
the obligation to accept coins denominated in euro in any single payment
is limited to the amount of fifty coins (Article
11 of Regulation (EC) No 974/98 
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