Euro

Midnight 1 Jan 1999: Launch of the virtual euro in 11 European countries.  2002: € notes & coins start to circulate, & 1st purchase using them was on the French island of Reunion in the Indian Ocean – to buy 1 kg of lychees.  US$ – € exchange rate on 1 Jan 1999 was 0.857.  Today it’s 0.906.  Don’t lose your shirt

Guessed the Word?        Series 50 (9/9)          pic: Alexas Fotos