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Edition number counted from The World in 1987 = 1. Publication month not confirmed; year only. The reprint is The Economist's own web copy of the original article.
There will be a period of up to two months—varying from country to country—in which old and new currencies will circulate side by side. But by March it will be euros only.
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In 2002 that issue will fade and the euro may break back through the symbolic level of parity with the dollar.
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Worryingly the euro zone’s big three—Italy, Germany and France—could all be in line for reprimands in 2002.
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