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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7907

21 February 2001
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/euro
Distribution of dummy notes to train blind, deaf and mentally impaired in handling of single currency

Brussels, 20/02/2001 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday, the European Central Bank and the European Commission announced the distribution in the Euro zone of 28,000 boxes of dummy Euro notes, via the approved networks, to helpers of the blind and visually impaired, deaf and hard of hearing, as well as mentally handicapped people. These notes are produced by the ECB and present the same external aspect as the true ones, which will be placed into circulation on 1 January 2002. "They have the same...

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