Are you one of these people that constantly moan about the ugly designs of the ‘new’ euro coins and banknotes? Well, this is your chance to help them (the European Central Bank) get it right ! In July 2015, the nineteen ‘full members’ of the Euro Zone area will jointly issue a commemorative euro coin…
The descriptions on this page have been taken from the Official Journal of the European Union and the European Central Bank website. Coins are listed in chronological order, i.e. date of issue Where the dates of issue are the same, coins are listed in alphabetical order, by country (English spelling) Summary (to date) This summary…
Rules regarding the issue of €2 commemorative coins Thus far, the Central Bank of Ireland has resisted the urge to ‘optionally’ issue commemorative €2 coins as per their statutory allowance. This is not true of many of our continental cousins in the Euro Zone who, it seems, have taken up their options with increasing zeal…
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