81.   Some cashpoints already distribute euro notes.

82.   Some customers of banks had complained that cash machines had not provided euro notes.

83.   Taxi drivers were also gearing up to accept the new euro notes and coins from midday on Tuesday, when their meters will switch to euros.

84.   Spanish street parties had earlier gravitated towards cash distributors Tuesday as revellers rushed to get their hands on their first euro notes.

85.   Spanish street parties had earlier gravitated towards cash machines Tuesday as revellers rushed to get their hands on their first euro notes.

86.   Spanish street parties gravitated towards cash distributors early on Tuesday as revellers rushed to get their hands on their first euro notes.

87.   The action will coincide with a strike called by French bank unions on the same day, threatening to disrupt severely the distribution of euro notes and coins.

88.   Taxi drivers were also gearing up to accept the new euro notes and coins from midday Tuesday, when their meters will switch to euros.

89.   The Central Bank have advised people to take some time to check their new euro notes and get familiar with their colour and size.

90.   The Bundesbank president added it was too soon to tell if the launch of euro notes and coins had propelled prices higher.