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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8036
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/euro

ECB reveals true face of euro notes to public, on Thursday

Brussels, 29/08/2001 (Agence Europe) - For the very first time, euro notes will be coming to life when they are shown to the public by the European Central Bank (ECB) at a press conference on Thursday, two days from the start of advance supplies of single currency to the banks, the last lap before the "big bang" in January 2002. "So far, notes shown in the press or on institutional posters were only inexact copies, for reasons of security", said an ECB spokesman, explaining that many...

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