GERMANY EURO

The German Finance Minister Hans Eichel, left, and Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, center, purchase a "starter-kit" with Euro coins from the chairman of the Bundesbank (Federal Bank) Ernst Welteke, right, during a cabinet meeting in the Chancellery in Berlin, Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2001. The kit has a value of 10. 23 Euro (dlrs 9.15) and will be sold in banks all over Germany from Dec. 17, 2001 on. (AP Photo/Fritz Reiss)