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Different countries that now use the Euro had their own currencies before it came in. So it would depend on what countries were being asked about. For example France had the Franc, Spain had the Peseta and Greece had the Drachma. Other countries had their own currencies too.

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Before 2002 Germany used the Deutsche Mark (DM). Since then it has used the Euro (€).

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