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January 1999: The euro is born
Eleven countries meet the convergence criteria and so pass the test to allow them to adopt the euro as their official currency on 1 January. Greece joins them two years later but Sweden, Denmark and the UK stay out.
For now, the national currencies are still in use, but they will be phased out by 2002.
The BBC's Jonathan Charles in Frankfurt, January 1999real
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