• Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    So there was a two year period where Germany had two currencys? The Deutsche Mark and the Euro from 1999-2001?

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      2 days ago

      And a period basically without official currency, where people used money minted by pension funds interestingly

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      3 days ago

      You might be from outside of the Eurozone, and/or very young (I mean this in a respectful way). The European Central Bank et al. decided to have a transitional period in the participating countries.