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ECU

A unit of account the value of which depended on the underlying value of the constituent currencies of participating European Union states. The ECU, which converted into the euro on 1 January 1999, was not legal tender and was not represented by official banknotes and coins - unlike the euro which is a true currency in its own right.
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