Continental money is a term used to refer to the currency of countries in Europe. The three crossword solutions for this term are ECU (3 letters), EURO (4 letters), and EUROS (5 letters). ECU stands for European Currency Unit, which was the former currency of the European Union before it was replaced by the Euro in 2002. The Euro is the official currency of 19 out of 28 countries in the European Union, and EUROS is the plural form of the word. ECUS is an alternative spelling of ECU.