Croatia adopted the euro for cash transactions on 1 January 2023.
The euro replaced Croatia’s kuna after Croatia joined the euro area. A two-week changeover period allowed both kuna and euro cash to circulate, after which the euro became the sole legal tender for ordinary cash payments.
Croatia became the twentieth country to adopt the euro and joined the Schengen Area on the same date. The euro is divided into 100 cents and is issued as banknotes and coins under the Eurosystem framework.
The kuna had been Croatia’s currency since 1994, and its name referred to the marten, an animal whose pelt was used as a form of payment in medieval Slavonia. Kuna banknotes and coins could be exchanged for euros under rules set by the Croatian National Bank.