| Country |
Date of issue |
MM |
Description |
Mintage
Quality
Packing |
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| Belgium |
2008 |
|
60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
The inner part of the coin depicts curved lines around a rectangle marked with the figure 60. The year 2008 is inscribed above the rectangle and the words UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS underneath it. The name of the country is inscribed in a semi-circle below the design in its three official languages. ‘BELGIE — BELGIQUE — BELGIEN’. The mintmark and the signature mark of the Master of the Mint appear to the left and right of the design respectively. |
5.000.000
UNC |
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20.000
BU |
5.000
PR |
| France |
2008 |
|
50th Anniversary of the French 5th Republic |
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UNC |
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BU |
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PR |
| Germany |
2008 |
A, D, F, G, J |
Hamburg: St. Michaeliskirche
The coin depicts the baroque church of St. Michaelis, or “Michel” as it is popularly known. It is a symbol of the city and federal state of Hamburg, as the inscription below the image indicates. The year of issue, 2008, the 12 stars of the European Union and the words ‘BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND’ appear on the outer ring. The mintmark is shown in the upper right part of the coin.
Designed by Erich Ott |
30.000.000
UNC |
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BU |
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PL |
| Italy |
2008 |
|
60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
The inner part of the coin depicts a man and a woman with an olive branch, an ear of corn, a cogwheel and some barbed wire, symbols representing the right to peace, food, work and freedom respectively, along with the links of a chain broken to form the figure ‘60o’. In the centre of the coin are the initials of the issuing country ‘RI’; to the left the year 2008; to the right the initials ‘MCC’ of the artist Maria Carmela Colaneri and the mint mark ‘R’; at the bottom, a cartouche with the inscription ‘DIRITTI UMANI’. The outer ring of the coin depicts the twelve stars of the European flag. |
5.000.000
UNC |
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BU |
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PR |
| Luxembourg |
2008 |
|
Castle Berg in Colmar-Berg
The Grand-Duke Henri and the official residence ‘Château de Berg’ Factual description of the design: The inner part of the coin shows, on the left-hand side in the foreground, the effigy of His Royal Highness the Grand-Duke Henri looking to the right and, on the right-hand side in the background, the picture of the ‘Château de Berg’. The date 2008, flanked by the mint mark and the mark of the engraving workshop, is inscribed on the top. The name of the issuing country ‘LËTZEBUERG’ appears at the bottom of the design. The outer ring of the coin depicts the twelve stars of the |
1.300.000
UNC |
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15.000
BU |
2.000
PR |
| Portugal |
2008 |
|
60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights |
1.000.000
UNC |
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15.000
BU |
5.000
PR |
| San Marino |
2008 |
|
European Year of Intercultural Dialogue
The inner part of the coin represents the different cultures of the five regions within the European continent, symbolised by five human silhouettes and the sacred texts of the different communities. Arched inscriptions complete the design: at the top, ‘SAN MARINO’, above the year ‘2008’; and at the bottom, ‘ANNO EUROPEO DEL DIALOGO INTERCULTURALE’ and the initials ‘E.L.F.’ of the artist, Ettore Lorenzo Frapiccini; to the left, the mint mark ‘R’. The coin's outer ring contains the 12 stars of the European flag. |
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FDC |
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| Slovenia |
2008 |
|
500th Birthday of Primož Trubar
The inner part of the coin features an effigy of Primož Trubar in left profile. On the left, in two semi-circles, the inscriptions ‘PRIMOŽ TRUBAR’ and ‘1508-1586’. Towards the bottom on the right, in semi-circle, the inscription ‘SLOVENIJA 2008’. The coin's outer ring contains the 12 stars of the European flag. |
950.000
UNC |
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10.000
Coincard UNC |
40.000
PR |
| Vatican City |
2008 |
|
Year of Paulus |
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FDC |
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