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Which came first: Euro notes and coins or Netflix?

Netflix came first, in 1997 (founded). Euro notes and coins followed 5 years later, in 2002 (first used).

  1. Second2002

    Euro notes and coins

    currency · first used

    Euro notes and coins only came into use in 2002; for its first three years the euro was an invisible, accounting-only currency.

    Checked against Wikipedia and Wikidata

  2. First1997

    Netflix

    company · founded

    Netflix was founded in 1997 to rent out DVDs by post; its website opened in April 1998.

    Checked against Wikipedia and Wikidata

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Years from Wikidata, each checked against the item’s English Wikipedia article on 2026-10-18. A year stands for what its label says: a founding, a first patent, a premiere.