10 years in pictures

• 1998
• 1999
• 2000
• 2001
• 2002
• 2003
• 2004
• 2005
• 2006
• 2007
• 2008

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  Celebrating the introduction of the euro in Brussels on 1 January 1999
  © European Community

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  Executive Board member Sirkka Hämäläinen visiting the ECB's market room

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  Euro banknote production started in 1999 in printing works across the EU.
  Cotton fibres, the raw material for euro banknotes.

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  Euro banknote production started in 1999 in printing works across the EU.
  Printing plate for €20 banknotes.

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  Euro banknote production started in 1999 in printing works across the EU.
  Banknote sheet undergoing a quality check.

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  Euro banknote production started in 1999 in printing works across the EU.
  Banknote sheet under UV light.

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