Euro: It's More Than Just a Pretty Penny
In the biggest currency swap in history, more than 300 million Europeans in 12 countries will start using the euro as their day-to-day money on Tuesday, irrevocably casting their old marks, francs, lire, pesetas and other national currencies into the trash can of history. This IHT article is submitted for your mark of the beast files. While certainly not the mark, currency consolidation is but one of many market adjustments and infrastructure upgrades needed for the mark to become a practical reality.