TIL, I’m older than euros.
I remember when they were adopted...
1,95583 is permanently embedded in my brain. It's the conversation rate from € to DM when it was introduced.
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Haha, nice. Also, username checks out.
1€ = 6,55957F 🇨🇵
Did you get a starter kit?
Nah, I am a Swede, we still use the SEK
I remember these little sample bags with all the different coins.
I still have some of those saved somewhere.
Also the plastic cards that you tilted and showed a value in € and pts (our old currency).
I went to Europe in the summer of '99. I still had to get my bank to get me all of the currencies for those countries prior to going and don't recall having seen Euros at all at that point.
The Euro as a currency was introduced in 1999 and at that point was only used for banks/institutions to interact with each other. Euro notes and coins were only introduced in 2002.
Ah, yeah; that'd explain it. I am kinda glad I got to see all the different countries' notes and coins. It was a bit of a pain-in-the-ass, though, when a Swiss ATM decided my US ATM card looked delicious. Last leg of the trip was pretty rough without the ability to get cash.
when was the estonian kroon anbandoned?
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