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*  *  *  Dear Governor Mersch, Your excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen, I am delighted to be here today at the numismatic centre of the Banque centrale du Luxembourg for the opening of the Euro Exhibition, which is dedicated to a young and important currency: the euro.