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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 2868136, member: 39&quot;]Of course not. The euro was &quot;born&quot; on 1 January 1999, and on that day the pre-euro currencies became non-decimal sub-units <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> of the new currency, with fixed rates. In the first three years, euro payments could be used with non-cash transactions only. The idea was that businesses (and others) would need and use the time for the changeover.</p><p><br /></p><p>Turned out that was way too long - many would simply not care for about two years and eleven months. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> In mid-December 2001 people could get the first euro and cent coins. And at the end of February 2002 the pre-euro cash ceased to circulate.</p><p><br /></p><p>Later euro changeovers were much faster, partly because the currency was already known and &quot;tangible&quot;, partly because even those two months at the end were not really needed ...</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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