EURO 20 years
Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2019 9:00 am
Happy 20th anniversary, the Euro!
The Euro became the official currency of the first 11 EuroZone countries (Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal and Spain) on 1st of January, 1999, although the Euro notes and coins were not yet taken into use until three years later.
Personally I remember throwing a Finnish mark out of the door at midnight symbolizing the transition to the new currency. I opened my first Euro bank account in January 1999 and began to get the feeling of the new currency as I saw how low my salary was when expressed as Euros.
Anyone else wishing to share memories of the Euro before there was Euro cash available (for entering into EBT, as it is the main reason for having the Euro cash, isn't it
)?
The Euro became the official currency of the first 11 EuroZone countries (Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal and Spain) on 1st of January, 1999, although the Euro notes and coins were not yet taken into use until three years later.
Personally I remember throwing a Finnish mark out of the door at midnight symbolizing the transition to the new currency. I opened my first Euro bank account in January 1999 and began to get the feeling of the new currency as I saw how low my salary was when expressed as Euros.
Anyone else wishing to share memories of the Euro before there was Euro cash available (for entering into EBT, as it is the main reason for having the Euro cash, isn't it
)?
(of course not with a CB)
