71.   Travellers will have to wait until their arrival in Europe to spend their freshly minted euro notes and coins.

72.   They were printed on paper roughly resembling that of genuine euro notes.

73.   Various European personalities and leaders have also decided to mark the introduction of euro notes and coins by spending their first euros shortly after midnight.

74.   While the introduction of euro notes has gone off with a hitch, most Lithuanians have yet to handle them.

75.   Leo Kieran was one of the few early risers in the centre of a quiet Irish capital on Tuesday morning, collecting his shiny new euro notes.

76.   Leo Kieran was one of the few early risers in the centre of the quiet Irish capital on Tuesday, collecting his crisp new euro notes.

77.   Most money distributing machines gave out euro notes from midnight.

78.   Most money distributing machines had begun giving out euro notes from midnight, and those that had not yet would be in service by later Tuesday, Wolfrum said.

79.   One of the protesters, draped in the British national flag, the Union Jack, was burning fake euro notes.

80.   Some customers of banks had complained that distributors had not provided euro notes.