Euros
 

Dumb question of the day: when are euros going to take over? I can't imagine going to France and not having francs, England without pounds, etc. Will all those other currencies be phased out and when?

If you do a search on Euros, you should find a thread where I posted a link to a website with all the details - I've lost the url now, but if you search you should find it. <BR> <BR>The UK will be keeping its currency for a while longer as our politicians are still dithering over whether they think we should be part of it or not. <BR> <BR>For all Eurozone countries, the Euro becomes the standard currency on January 1st 2002, although the national currencies will remain legal tender for a short period of time after that.

Euro coins / bills will take over our usual local currency as from January 1, 2002. <BR>Note: for Britain you will still need pounds.

Switzerland will NOT change to the Euro!

As others noted, January 1 is the changeover date. Great Britain, Switzerland, Sweden, Denmark and Norway are missing from the eurozone. The participants: <BR>Germany France Italy Finland <BR>The Netherlands Portugal Spain Ireland <BR>Luxembourg Belgium Austria Greece <BR> <BR>More on The Euro: A Primer for Travelers at <BR>www.twenj.com/euro.htm

As of July 21st all of our bank accounts here have been switched to euros... although we can still write checks in local currency. (Let's confuse the natives even further !) <BR> <BR>January 1st - euro goes into effect. <BR> <BR>In France the French Franc will cease to be legal tender on February 17th, 2002. <BR>BTW - this also is the case for French Franc travelers checks - after this date you'll have to change them at a bank for euros. <BR> <BR>After July 1st, 2002 you'll be able to exchange FF for euros only at the Banque de France. <BR> <BR> <BR>And Switzerland is missing from the euro zone primarily because they aren't part of the European Union at all. <BR> <BR>PB <BR>