A LONDON BANK WORKER HOLDS EURO NOTES PRIOR TO THEIR LAUNCH IN JANUARY

A London bank worker holds holds euro bank notes as the first notes arrive in Britain's high street banks 20 days before they become legal tender across most of Europe, December 12, 2001. Britain is not currently one of the 12 countries in the so-called eurozone which will adopt the new currency from January 1, 2002, ending the use of their national currencies. REUTERS/Russell Boyce