On Jan. 1, 2002, 300 million people in 12 European countries ditched their old coins and bills and switched to the euro. This weblog kept track of the quirky human side of this gloriously epic yet tediously mundane transition, with correspondents in ten countries sharing their experiences.
CORRESPONDENTS
Your hosts were David F. Gallagher, an American journalist living and working in Milan, Italy, and Joyce-Ann Gatsoulis, an American journalist living and working in Athens, Greece.
Andreas Purkott is a German graphic designer living and working near Heidelberg, Germany.
Graham Spencer, a.k.a. Graybo, runs a small nursery and event management business in Chichester, England, where he also lives.
Sue Kane, a.k.a. pseudo morph, is an American who has lived in the Dutch province of Brabant for 18 years.
Peter in Belgium sends word of EuroBillTracker, which is something like the previously mentioned Eurotracer.
Sandra in Italy wonders why she got a French 2-euro coin with a 2000 date on it. "The Italian coins are all dated 2002, even the ones in the packs distributed in December 2001."
Tobi in Austria sends a link which lets us know exactly how Austria's old money feels about getting thrown out.
And some nut sent something about the euro being the fulfillment of Bible prophecy.
