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The Eurocoin Pages provide you with information about Euro Circulation Coins, including Euro Commemorative Coins, variants and errors. Besides you'll find also all issued special occasion Euro Collector Coins, Euro Coin Sets, euro patterns, euro essais, euro trial strikes, euro tokens and test euro's. Before exploring this site it may be usefull read the Euro Coin Glossary.
The idea behind the Euro Coin Pages is to have in a single click an overview of for example all euro coins issued or all Euro Coin Sets of a certain year. Certain pages include a substantional amount of data or images. This may cause a longer loading time. Please be patient, you don't have to click and click and click to find what you want. If you have other or new ideas for the Euro Coin Pages, please tell me and I see what I can do.
An underlined link in italic font is a link to the glossary term. A regular underlined link is a link to another page or site.
On the Design Competitions pages youŽll find all kind of information about Euro Circulation Coin competitions.
On the Euro Circulation Coin pages youŽll find all kind of information about Euro Coins that can be found in circulation in the Eurozone. Most Euro Circulation Coins are produced every year (since 1999). You'll find the production year on the national side. The Euro Circulation Coins are valid in all euro countries.
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The 2 Euro Commemorative Coin lists the issued Euro Commemorative Coins issued only once for a special occasion / event, in uncirculated (UNC), Brilliant Uncirculated (BU), Proof (PR) and Prooflike (PL) quality. They are unlike Euro Collector Coins valid in all euro countries. Since 2004 euro countries are allowed to issue one 2 Euro Commemorative Coin per year.
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On the Euro Collector Coin pages youŽll find everything about the issued special occasion collector coins. Euro Collector Coins are unlike Euro Commemorative Coins only valid in the euro country of issue. The issued Euro Collector Coins in uncirculated (UNC), Brilliant Uncirculated (BU), Proof (PR) and Prooflike (PL) quality.
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Euro Coin Sets contain Euro Coins in Uncirculated (UNC), FDC, Brilliant Uncirculated (BU), Proof (PR) and Prooflike (PL) quality.
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The European Union is getting ready for the largest Enlargement in its history, both in scope and in diversity. For this unprecedented event the Mints of France, Holland, Belgium, Austria, Portugal and Spain have come together to carry out a joint numismatic program, the European Program, in which each of the Mints will release (a) coin(s) that will bear a common logo.
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Euro pseudo "coins" are not real euro "coins", used for design, prototype, "test" and money making purposes.
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This page gives an overview of the official euro coin terminology.
This page gives an overview of the used (euro) coin grading terminology.
This page gives an overview of common used coin terminology (euro coin independent).
On the euro diverse pages you'll find all kind of euro (coin) related information.
This page gives general information about the euro, like the euro symbol.
On the euro country page you'll find information about countries that are (future) related the the euro.
On the euro introduction stamps page you'll find stamps with euro as subject. Euro introduction stamps include:
Since the introduction of the euro, the legal tender euro's are loosing their 'value'. The question is if banning of legal tenders is allowed. For counterfeiting reasons it sound very reasonable. But businesses economical reasons are not a very customer friendly reason. Banks seem to have a big influence in this matter, since they are responsible for the distribution, and can charge as much handling costs as they want. Are we getting closer to full electronic payment? For businesses but also for banks a very economical attractive way of payment.
I am euro coin collector from the beginning. youŽll find on my pages also information about my collection (haves/wants/doubles). If you think we can swap, don't hesitate to contact me.
I get so many requests for swapping, and also often we come to an agreement. I never dealt with bad swapper. Sometimes there are swapper that send me poor quality coins, but it never had financial concequenses. But once have to be the first time. I hope this is also the only time I have to put somebody on this bad swapper list.
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If you have information that is missed on this site, please provide me with this information. I have time to keep this site up-to-date with this information, but the problem is, I have no time to scan images.
For the Euro Collector Coins pages I am looking for somebody who can maintain them in the format of Euro Collector Coins 2002 or any other format. You don't need to know much of HTML to do so. The biggest effort is gathering the images.
In return for your help I am happy to put your name or a Link to your site. If you send me copyright material tell me what I shall do in order to publish it legally.
If you want to send me images, please send me an e-mail without (big) images first. Because regulary I have a full mailbox (10MB) at my provider already after 1 day. The best would be if you place your images in webspace, so I can download them myself.
The Eurocoin Pages site provides you with all information you want to know about Euro Circulation Coins, including Euro Commemorative Coins, variants and errors. But you'll find also all issued special occasion Euro Collector Coins, Euro Coin Sets, euro patterns, euro essais, euro trial strikes, euro tokens and test euro's.
Last update: 01-02-2008
by: Lex Liesemeijer
www.eurocoins.liesemeijer.com
