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Re:Italy’s austerity-fueled crisis is a warning to the Eurozone by kazen44 on Saturday April 13, 2019 @08:01AM (#19652476)
this already existed before the euro.

It was called the ECU[1]

1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Currency_Unit

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Re:Italy’s austerity-fueled crisis is a warning to the Eurozone by Wildgoose on Monday April 15, 2019 @05:22AM (#19664132)
Not quite. There were no notes and coins and it couldn't be used by ordinary people to do their shopping.
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