Euro Coins and Banknotes are Put into Circulation.

1/1/2002

Euro banknotes and coins become the legal currency of 12 EU countries. Printing, minting, and distributing them is a massive logistical undertaking. More than 80 billion coins are in circulation. While euro coins have a common side showing the denomination, each country has its own design on the other side.

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