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General information
The AD€ association
Unlike most existing numismatic associations, the association does not specialise in a particular geographical area, but in a particular currency: the Euro.
It is the largest French numismatic association in terms of membership: 1157 to date.
It is an association dedicated to collectors, offering a wide range of services, and has a website to relay information between members: https://www.amisdeleuro.org/
Membership of the association is primarily intended to help collect and cross-check information, and to support the development of the various services offered by the association. An annual membership fee of 15 euros (50 euros for numismatic clubs) or a lifetime membership fee of 225 euros covers operating costs.
The 4 missions of the association
- Information
- Animation
- Collection
- Representation
Information
Animation
Collection
Representation
ONLINE CATALOGUE
Gather, record and publish on the association's website all information on existing euro notes and coins.
FORUM
It allows members to ask questions, discuss the latest coin issues and tackle all subjects relevant to a collectors' association. For members only.
News
The News section provides the public with all the information, illustrated over time.
DOCUMENTS
The "Documents" section contains a large number of documents available to the public, providing a better understanding of the history and operation of the single currency.
NUMISMATIC BULLETIN
As part of its mission to provide information to the public, the AD€ publishes a monthly "ADE forum" in the Numismatic Bulletin, which brings together information on the Euro.
CLASSIFIED ADS
A "classified ads" section allows members to offer their duplicates or find the latest coins and notes missing from their collection.
PURCHASING GROUP
Through this service, members can group their purchases and offer the items they buy to other members, without profit, on the forum.
EVENTS
The association has branches close to you to keep the network of collectors alive on a regional (in France) and national (outside France) scale.
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INFORMATION
To gather together, record and publish on the association's website all information on existing euro coins and banknotes, including circulating coins, collector sets, special commemorative strikes, manufacturing errors, varieties, banknotes and pre-feeding kits. This catalogue is updated as regularly as possible and can be found in the private section of the site (reserved for members). Information is received from members, foreign correspondents, issuing institutes and the European Central Bank.
The Fédération Française des Associations Numismatiques (FFAN) brings together a large number of French associations specialising in numismatics (around fifty in 2010). As the largest French numismatic association in terms of membership, Les AD€ is of course a member of the FFAN.
Two members of the AD€ Board of Directors also sit on the Federation Bureau, as General Secretary and Advisor.
Being a member of the Federation is a mark of confidence for our members and gives us greater visibility at national level.
The mission of the International Numismatic Council (INC) is to promote numismatics and related sciences by facilitating cooperation between individuals and institutions in the field of numismatics and related sciences.
The CIN brings together all the major international players in the field of numismatics. That's why the AD€, France's largest numismatic association in terms of membership, applied for and was accepted as a member of this international institution in 2008.
We also took part in the International Numismatic Congress held in Glasgow in September 2009, organised by the International Numismatic Council.
Being a member of the CIN gives us a certain international profile and enables us to make ourselves known to the major institutions.
The "Countries" section contains a wide range of information, accessible to the public, on the various countries of Europe: Eurozone countries, European Union countries outside the Eurozone, attached countries.
The News section provides the public with all the information, illustrated over time.
The "Documents" section contains a large number of documents available to the public, providing a better understanding of the history and workings of the single currency: letters, commercial documents, public information documents, videos, summary documents, etc. Some documents are published in foreign languages to enable as many people as possible to find the information.
As part of its mission to provide information to the public, each month the AD€ publishes the "ADE forum" in the Numismatic Bulletin, which is a collection of information on the Euro. All the articles and notes published in the Bulletin Numismatique can be found in a section of the website.
The association regularly writes in-depth articles on Euro numismatics and publishes them in the specialist press, both in France and abroad, notably in the monthly Numismatique & Change (N&C).
The "Euro" book is published every 18 to 24 months and contains all the information on the Euro.
All types of information resources available to members.
Member information projects include :
- develop our relations with the foreign press, so that we can play an ever greater role in informing the general public and raising our profile among European collectors in particular
ANIMATION
How you can communicate and express yourself.
The website includes a forum in the private area (accessible only to paid-up members). It allows members to ask questions, discuss the latest coin issues and tackle all the subjects relevant to a collectors' association.
A "classified ads" section allows members to offer their duplicates or find the latest coins and notes missing from their collection.
Through this service, members can group their purchases and offer the items they buy to other members, without profit, on the forum.
The association has branches close to you to keep the network of collectors alive at regional (in France) and national (outside France) level. Numerous events are organised to strengthen links between members, and there are plenty of opportunities to meet up at coin and other collectors' fairs.
Projects to stimulate the collectors' community include:
- Setting up volunteer interpreters for the languages of Europe to provide easy answers to questions in languages other than French,
- creation of chat rooms
COLLECTION
ON AN OCCASIONAL BASIS, the association groups orders from its members for new series, plaques and commemorative boxes as and when they are released. This makes it possible to obtain the lowest price for everyone by finding out, from members' information, where the lowest price is in Europe, and to save on postage costs by grouping orders. This order grouping service is only open to logged-in members, who are notified by personal e-mail of the release of a new series and the organisation of an order grouping. Four to six group orders are planned each year, depending on the issues.
Every year since 2007, the association has issued a limited edition box bearing the association's logo. In 2009, a token was issued on the theme of "10 years of the Euro - Friends of the Euro"; in 2010, a "banknotes" box was launched.
A list of partner companies enables members to benefit from discounts on numismatic equipment and books.
Members of the association are also entitled to discounted subscriptions to the Numismatique & Change magazine.
The different ways to expand your personal collection.
REPRESENTATIONS
The large number of members in our association gives us a certain weight of representation, particularly at the level of the issuing institutes, the European Central Bank and the press.
The AD€ are members of the French Federation of Numismatic Associations and the International Council on Numismatics, as an association of Euro collectors.
The Fédération Française des Associations Numismatiques (FFAN) brings together a large number of French associations specialising in numismatics (around fifty in 2010). As the largest French numismatic association in terms of membership, Les AD€ is of course a member of the FFAN.
Two members of the AD€ Board of Directors also sit on the Federation Bureau, as General Secretary and Advisor.
Being a member of the Federation is a mark of confidence for our members and gives us greater visibility at national level.
The mission of the International Numismatic Council (INC) is to promote numismatics and related sciences by facilitating cooperation between individuals and institutions in the field of numismatics and related sciences.
The CIN brings together all the major international players in the field of numismatics. That's why the AD€, France's largest numismatic association in terms of membership, applied for and was accepted as a member of this international institution in 2008.
We also took part in the International Numismatic Congress held in Glasgow in September 2009, organised by the International Numismatic Council.
Being a member of the CIN gives us a certain international profile and enables us to make ourselves known to the major institutions.
The AD€ issue recommendations and opinions and are at the disposal of the issuing institutes to respond to any requests they may have. We also defend collectors whenever necessary.
Every year, the AD€ issue reports and opinions to the European Commission. They are also in contact with the European Central Bank from time to time. The aim of all this is to ensure that collectors are representative.
All our reports are archived in the private section of the website.
The "Euro Denomination of the Year" prize is awarded each year to the institute that has issued the most beautiful euro coin, banknote or other object that has particularly impressed the association's members.
The AD€ represent collectors in dealings with the French and foreign press on all matters relating to the Euro.
The AD€ occasionally take part in coin fairs to present the association's activities and talk about the Euro, Europe and Euro collecting. We were present:
- 18 November 2007 in Bondy
- 3 February 2008 in Argenteuil
- 16 November 2008 in Bondy
- 6 and 7 December 2008 in Monaco
- 6, 7 and 8 February 2009 in Berlin
- 8 February 2009 in Argenteuil
- 15 November 2009 in Bondy
- 29, 30 and 31 January 2010 in Berlin
- 7 February 2010 in Argenteuil
- 12 June 2010 in Utrecht (Netherlands)
- 30 October 2010 in Voisins-le-Bretonneux
- 21 November 2010 in Bondy
- 28, 29 and 30 January 2011 in Berlin
- 6 February 2011 in Argenteuil
- 3, 4 and 5 February 2012 in Berlin
- 5 February 2012 in Argenteuil
- 3 June 2012 in Soignies
- 21 October 2012 in Mulhouse
Among the projects concerning the representation of collectors:
- develop our relations with the foreign press, so that we can play an ever greater role in informing the general public and raising our profile among European collectors in particular
TERRITORIAL ORGANISATION
To bring our members closer together and to enable them to meet and talk to each other, our association is organised on a regional basis for some of its activities.
The breakdown is :
→ regional in France
→ national outside France (some countries may eventually develop a regional organisation as the association expands across Europe)
The association has regional and national delegates to ensure proximity to its members.
The Regional Delegates coordinate the association's activities at regional level, in particular by organising events to bring together members from the same region. In France, the perimeter is the administrative region.
The National Delegates coordinate the association's activities at national level in countries other than France, in particular by organising events to bring together members from the same country.
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