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Any euro area national currencies you may have can be used in their countries of origin during the dual circulation period. Afterwards, it will be possible to exchange these at the counters of national central banks in the euro area for an indefinite or a very long period of time. Go to:
http://www.euro.ecb.int/en/section1/travelling.html
for more details.