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17 Dec. 2001
Cologne, Germany
German Bundesbank President Ernst Welteke holds a so called "starter kit" containing all eight denominations of newly minted Euro coins and a 100 and 500 Euro note during a presentation in Cologne, December 17, 2001. [The kits are available to the public at banks across the country from today ahead of the January 1, 2002 entry date of the new currency in the twelve-nation euro zone.]
