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From: Douglas G McKenzie
Date: Sun, 22 Dec 1996 00:00

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In article <na.469f1f473f.a701a0awarrick@argonet.co.uk>, Adrian John Warrick
<URL:mailto:awarrick@argonet.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> In article <19961215.175834.03@saale.hof.baynet.de>, wombat@hof.baynet.de
> (Christian Kohlsch�tter) wrote:
> 
> > But WHY do we need a SYMBOL for the new currency? You don't need it for
> > Deutschmarks (DM), for example. Neither for Pounds (just say UKP!)
> > And it works fine. Why don't say "ECU" then?
> 
> Germany may have the advantage of one Euro being one DM (come t think of it,
> it doesn't), but in Britain, we are destined to go through 6 months of dual
> currency. It is therefore essential that our cash registers refer to money
> tendered in Euro / UKP. and change given in Euro / UKP.
> 
> I am firmly of the belief that this is all academic, in that any countries
> participating will be bankrupt in 6 weeks.
> 
> Adrian
> 
> 

Yes. Yes. But we want to keep our Scottish promisary notes...

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