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<LEGEND>
This Schedule contains summary financial data extracted from the
consolidated financial statements of Amscan Holdings, Inc. as of June 30,
2000 and for the six months then ended and is qualified in its entirety by
reference to such statements.
</LEGEND>
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<NAME> Amscan Holdings, Inc.
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