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I got the eight-coin set (in a neat folder) last month, even before the pieces became the official currency of Slovenia, hehe. By the way, after the dual circulation period of only two weeks, the tolar (SIT) cash now is no longer legal tender. Commercial banks will accept it until the end of February; after that the central bank will change it into euro cash if you have any tolars left.
Christian
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Ireland
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Those Slo euro coins will circulate in EU.
Is all denomination is release?
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Well, they circulate in Euroland, not in the entire EU.  Yes, all eight denominations now issued in Slovenia were and are made for circulation. How many of them will be encountered "in the wild" in other countries remains to be seen. The lower value denomination pieces do not get around that much anyway: Here in NW, Germany, I hardly ever get "copper" coins from, say, Portugal, Ireland or Greece. The Nordic Gold coins, and particularly the €1 and €2 pieces apparently travel more easily ... Christian |
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Got my set fresh from Germany today. Will get them scanned and on omnicoin tomorrow, hopefully. I like them!!
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 Cool!  I have to say, the new Slovenian euros are definitely an improvement on the coins Slovenia used to use. Those old designs on the stotinovs and tolars easily get my vote as the most insipid coinage in Europe.  Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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Originally posted by Sap
I have to say, the new Slovenian euros are definitely an improvement on the coins Slovenia used to use. Those old designs on the stotinovs and tolars easily get my vote as the most insipid coinage in Europe.
Don't cast that vote until you have seen the new (2005-) Romanian bani coins.  Slovenia was quite "paper oriented" until last year; the tolar coins just weren't worth a lot. For example, the 50 tolarjev coin (and I think that was the highest SIT denomination in terms of circulation coins) roughly equals the 20 cent coin. Now the "biggest" coin (€2) is worth ten times as much. That being said, I like the old tolar and stotins coins, particularly the owl, the fish and the stork. But the euro and cent pieces are neat too, except maybe for the €1. That is, in my opinion, a little too "full". The others are very nice. Christian Edited by chrisild
01/17/2007 07:13 am
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I didn't like the star-letter-star sequence with the word "Slovenija". It's like they tried to hide the word.
I wonder if Czech Rep., Bulgaria or Lithuania will start minting their own Euro coins. I'm pretty sure I'll love their national sides with lions and knights :)
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Originally posted by RenaL
I didn't like the star-letter-star sequence with the word "Slovenija". It's like they tried to hide the word.
I wonder if Czech Rep., Bulgaria or Lithuania will start minting their own Euro coins. I'm pretty sure I'll love their national sides with lions and knights :)
Currently seven currencies (plus the euro) participate in the Exchange Rate Mechanism - those of Denmark, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, and Slovakia. Of these seven, Cyprus and Malta might introduce the euro next year; Denmark will stay out but has its currency closely tied to the euro, and the other four may join Euroland in 2010 or so. Don't spend too much time thinking about the other EU countries in terms of the euro. Lithuania has its designs ready but I find them to be a little disappointing - just three variations of basically one design. The designs from Cyprus and Malta are more interesting in my opinion. The way the country name is combined with the stars on the Slovenian coins sure is a little different. But the Portuguese coins are quite similar, except that the country name is not in the circle of stars but in the inner circle with the shields and towers ... Christian Edited by chrisild
01/17/2007 08:19 am
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Originally posted by RenaL
I wonder if Czech Rep., Bulgaria or Lithuania will start minting their own Euro coins. I'm pretty sure I'll love their national sides with lions and knights
According to Wikipedia: - Bulgaria wants to join sometime in 2009/2010. - Czech Republic has no idea - on or after 2010. - Lithuania has got to the stage of having coins designed (all with the national symbol of the knight on horseback), with introduction planned for 2009. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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How about RUSSIA are they on the shadow of joining EU
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How do you guys find those webpages? :)
I searched about info on this matter but didn't know that until you posted here.
I mean; Thanks a lot :)
As you say Christian, Lithuanian coins are nice, but would be better if they used a few different designs.
Actually, if it were up to me, every denomination would have its own design.
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Originally posted by RenaL
How do you guys find those webpages? :)
I searched about info on this matter but didn't know that until you posted here.
What? Those are just Wikipedia pages.  I've noticed, researching answers for a few recent threads, that new coin designs seem to appear on Wikipedia pretty quick. There must be a few serious modern world coin watchers over in Wiki-world. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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Anyway guys,
to whom wish to collect all euro circulating coins will be quite tough, 8 standard coins for 17 countries (today) + 2 € CCs + mint marks ...
I'm trying but tough ...
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