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United States
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I was planning on starting a collection of the normal circulating coins of the EU. Have there already been design changes from the originals minted in 1999? Or are they still generally pretty much the same, besides the date of course.
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 Australia
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Mostly still the same. There have been a couple of circulating commemoratives (eg. the Greece 2004 Olympics coins) but otherwise unchanged.
There is a new obverse design that will gradually come into use in the various countries ove rthe next few years. The EU has expanded well past the boundaries drawn on the map shown on the old coins; the new designs show a borderless 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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Germany
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Edited by chrisild
11/12/2006 4:45 pm
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Valued Member
 United States
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Hm, cool. Thanks for the useful links :)
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Australia
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Valued Member
China
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Really useful links. I have just got some Euro coins and these knowledge is very helpful to me too.
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United States
169 Posts |
I bought myself a Dansco 7400 (for the original 12 countries...96 coins in all) and a set of unc Portugal euros :). It's really cool how each country gets to make their own designs and stuff.
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China
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One question, Yavaris, I think the Dansco already includes the Portugal euros, why do you buy another set ? There is 2 version of Portugal euros ?
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Valued Member
United States
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well, I just bought the album. It didn't come with the coins, just slots for them? So now I'm buying the coins to fill the slots :)
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Italy
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There is also a small state (Vatican) that already changed "non common side" twice, due to the change of Pope. The first change has been due to the period between two Popes, usually called "Sede Vacante", second change due to the new Popes "Benedetto XVI", anyway they are visible at the same site reported above http://ec.europa.eu/economy_finance...s_vat_en.htm |
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Australia
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quote:
Originally posted by rosso_rubino
There is also a small state (Vatican) that already changed "non common side" twice, due to the change of Pope.
The first change has been due to the period between two Popes, usually called "Sede Vacante", second change due to the new Popes "Benedetto XVI", anyway they are visible at the same site reported above http://ec.europa.eu/economy_finance...s_vat_en.htm
Thanks rosso_rubino, great information. Also welcome to the CC family, hope you enjoy yourself here. |
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