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The EURO

On 2 May 1998, a raucous meeting took place in London. When all was said and done, when the heat of the negotiations subsided, the headaches lifted, and the anger dissipated, eleven of the fifteen member nations of the European Union (EU) had agreed to toss their own national currencies aside, and to start using a single, new currency—the euro. . . . → Read More: The EURO