Euro Mint Marks

To flash back to the first question related to Mint Marks, all euro coin countries has 1 mint mark per year with 2 exception:
1 - Germany has 5 mint marks (A D F G J) and each year (up today) they minted euro coins w/ all 5 mint marks
2 - Greece only in 2002 minted 2 set of euro coins
- w/ Greece mint mark
- w/ below mint marks
1, 2, 5, 10, 50 cents w/ an F (France) in a star between date
20 cents w/ an E (Spain) in a star between date
1, 2 euro w/ an S (Finland) in a star between date
this is due to an help Greece asked to other countries to mint coins

Right Christian, some euro coins values has been minted only for BU Set and not for standard circulation, but this is another story different from mint marks, and it is also true for other countries like French or small countries.
About this subject may be useful this site
http://www.euro-auflagen.de/index.php?lang=en

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Originally posted by Brissyboy

Of the circulation euro coins, each country can only mint one commemorative coin per year. Many countries use the 2 Euros as the circulating commemorative coin but I think Italy uses the 50 cent coin.

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Basically each euro country can issue one €2 commem per year. The €2 piece is the only denomination that can be used for such coins (in IT too). There are some "special cases" though: If Euroland issues a common €2 commem (ie. one from each country) like next year, each country may still issue another commemorative piece in that year. Also, if the mintage of one issue is very high, as in the case of Greece 2004, the issuing country has to "pause" for a while.

Christian

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Originally posted by Brissyboy
What other Mints (mintmarks) appear on coins for countries without their own Mint and do they employ different Mints in different years?

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Luxembourg for example had its 2002, 2003 and 2004 circulation and commemorative coins made in Utrecht/NL, so you see the "Mercury staff" mintmark and the mintmaster's signs (bow/arrow, sails) on those coins. In 2005 and 2006 these coins were made in Vantaa/FI and have the logo of the Finnish Mint. (Luxembourg's collector coins are also minted in Warsaw/PL, Stuttgart/DE, Vienna/AT, all without any mintmarks.)

Greece has already been mentioned; then there is Slovenia where the new circulation coins (legal tender as from 1-Jan) have an "FI" for Finland since they were also minted in Vantaa. The three non-EU euro countries (Monaco, San Marino, Vatican) use the same mint and mintmaster signs as the corresponding French and Italian issues.

Christian