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Non-circulating commemorative coins

In this topic, you will find all information on non-circulating commemorative €coins: photographs, series description, mintage, quotation, technical features etc.

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Presentation

In this section, all official commemorative coins issued or announced are tabled. While some countries remain wise (Finland for example), or even very wise (let’s indicate Ireland), others break out such as France for which the Mint of Paris produced not less than 340 coins between 2002 and 2008; note that for France, the number of series decreases since 2007.
The complete collection today seems almost impossible to follow: the total issue price of the coins listed in the book “Euro 5” (1,089 coins) rises up to €306,423 (this not including coins of which the issue price was not indicated nor the Austrian €100,000 coin)! With regard to the quotations, we note that the ones of the most "producting" countries are often not very high compared to the issue price. The quantity of coins is indeed almost never exhausted and they remain available on the market to average prices very often lower than the issue price.

The mintmak of the common issues

This mintmark of the Finnish engraver Hannu Veijalainen that was seen for the first time in Austria, on the 2004 €5 coin, appears on the common issues to several members States.

Themes and participating countries

In 2004, 15 commemorative euro coins comprise this mintmark. In Austria, France, Spain, in the Netherlands, Belgium or Portugal, all deal with the subject of the European Union enlargement. For 2005, the common theme, to the European level, was "peace in Europe 60 years after the end of the second world war”. Italy as well as Finland had joined the countries above to strike also this mark; 16 coins comprised it in 2005.
In 2006, Ireland joined the program of common issues; the theme was "European famous personnalities". Three countries which did not belonge to the euro area had also participated in the strike’s program: Malta, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. In total, 16 + 3 = 19 coins had then been issued. For 2007, the planned theme was "the 50 years of the Treaty of Rome". Some European Union non-founding countries however protested and the theme was generalized: "the political achievements in Europe”. In 2008 finally, the theme is the “cultural heritage of Europe" (named "European heritage" by some countries).

Links

See a few interesting articles about this subject (in German).

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