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.infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151960987">body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox table{display:table}body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox caption{display:table-caption}</style><table class="infobox vevent"><caption class="infobox-title summary">Two euro</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader" style="font-weight:bold;"><div class="location"><a href="/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">European Union</a><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Value</th><td class="infobox-data">2 euro</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Mass</th><td class="infobox-data">8.5 g</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Diameter</th><td class="infobox-data">25.75 mm</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Thickness</th><td class="infobox-data">2.20 mm</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Edge</th><td class="infobox-data">Edge lettering, fine milled. Exact design varies, see below.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Composition</th><td class="infobox-data">Outer segment: copper-nickel.<br />Inner segment: three layers: nickel-brass, nickel, nickel-brass.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Years of minting</th><td class="infobox-data">1999–present</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Obverse</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Design</th><td class="infobox-data">Numerous variations, see below.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Designer</th><td class="infobox-data">Various</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Design date</th><td class="infobox-data">Various</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Reverse</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Common_face_of_two_euro_coin_(2007).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c7/Common_face_of_two_euro_coin_%282007%29.jpg/180px-Common_face_of_two_euro_coin_%282007%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c7/Common_face_of_two_euro_coin_%282007%29.jpg/270px-Common_face_of_two_euro_coin_%282007%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c7/Common_face_of_two_euro_coin_%282007%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="316" data-file-height="316" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Design</th><td class="infobox-data">Map of Europe with the denomination shown in Latin characters</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Designer</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Luc_Luycx" title="Luc Luycx">Luc Luycx</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Design date</th><td class="infobox-data">2007</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Common_face_of_two_euro_coin.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/65/Common_face_of_two_euro_coin.png/180px-Common_face_of_two_euro_coin.png" decoding="async" width="180" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/65/Common_face_of_two_euro_coin.png/270px-Common_face_of_two_euro_coin.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/65/Common_face_of_two_euro_coin.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Design</th><td class="infobox-data">Map of the 15 EU countries of 1999 with the denomination shown in Latin characters</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Designer</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Luc_Luycx" title="Luc Luycx">Luc Luycx</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Design date</th><td class="infobox-data">1999</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Design discontinued</th><td class="infobox-data">2007 (still in circulation as of 2024<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2_euro_coin&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>)</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>2 euro coin</b> (<b>€2</b>) is the highest-value <a href="/wiki/Euro_coins" title="Euro coins">euro coin</a> and has been used since the introduction of the <a href="/wiki/Euro" title="Euro">euro</a> (in its cash form) in 2002.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The coin is made of two <a href="/wiki/Alloy" title="Alloy">alloys</a>: the inner part of nickel <a href="/wiki/Brass" title="Brass">brass</a>, the outer part of copper-nickel. All coins have a common reverse side and country-specific national sides. The coin has been used since 2002, with the present common side design dating from 2007. </p><p>The €2 coin is the euro coin subject to legal-tender<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/%E2%82%AC2_commemorative_coins" class="mw-redirect" title="€2 commemorative coins">commemorative issues</a> and hence there is a large number of national sides, including three issues of identical commemorative sides by all eurozone members. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2_euro_coin&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The coin dates from 2002, when <a href="/wiki/Euro_coins" title="Euro coins">euro coins</a> and <a href="/wiki/Euro_banknotes" title="Euro banknotes">notes</a> were introduced in the 12-member <a href="/wiki/Eurozone" title="Eurozone">eurozone</a> and its <a href="/wiki/Eurozone#Use_outside_the_Union" title="Eurozone">related territories</a>. The common side was designed by <a href="/wiki/Luc_Luycx" title="Luc Luycx">Luc Luycx</a>, a Belgian artist who won a Europe-wide competition to design the new coins. The designs of the one- and two-euro coins were intended to show the <a href="/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">European Union</a> (EU) as a whole with the then-15 countries more closely joined together than on the 10 to 50-cent coins (the 1-cent to 5-cent coins showed the EU as one, though intending to show its place in the world). </p><p>The national sides, then 15 (eurozone plus <a href="/wiki/Monaco" title="Monaco">Monaco</a>, <a href="/wiki/San_Marino" title="San Marino">San Marino</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Vatican_City" title="Vatican City">Vatican</a> who could mint their own) were each designed according to national competitions, though to specifications which applied to all coins such as the requirement of including twelve stars. National designs were not allowed to change until the end of 2008, unless a monarch (whose portrait usually appears on the coins) dies or abdicates. This happened in Monaco and the Vatican City, resulting in three new designs in circulation (the Vatican had an interim design until the new Pope was selected). National designs have seen some changes due to a new rule stating that national designs should include the name of the issuing country (neither <a href="/wiki/Finland" title="Finland">Finland</a> and <a href="/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium">Belgium</a> show a country name, and hence have made minor changes). </p><p>In 2004 the commemorative coins were allowed to be minted in six states (a short interim period was set aside so citizens could get used to the new currency). By 2007 nearly all states had issued a commemorative issue, and the first eurozone-wide commemorative was issued to celebrate the Treaty of Rome. </p><p>As the <a href="/wiki/Member_state_of_the_European_Union" title="Member state of the European Union">EU's membership</a> has since <a href="/wiki/Enlargement_of_the_European_Union" title="Enlargement of the European Union">expanded</a> in 2004 and 2007, with further expansions envisaged, the common face of all euro coins from the value of 10 euro cent and above were redesigned in 2007 to show a new map. This map showed Europe, not just the EU, as one continuous landmass; however, Cyprus was moved west as the map cut off after the <a href="/wiki/Bosphorus" class="mw-redirect" title="Bosphorus">Bosphorus</a> (which was seen as excluding Turkey for political reasons). The redesign in 2007, rather than in 2004, was due to the fact that 2007 saw the first enlargement of the eurozone: the entry of Slovenia. Hence, the Slovenian design was added to the designs in circulation. </p><p>Cyprus and Malta joined in 2008, Slovakia in 2009 and Estonia in 2011, bringing four more designs. Also in 2009, the second eurozone-wide issue of a 2-euro commemorative coin was issued, celebrating ten years of the introduction of the euro. In 2012, the third eurozone-wide issue of a 2-euro commemorative coin was issued, celebrating 10 years of euro coins and notes. In 2015, the fourth eurozone-wide issue for this denomination was issued, commemorating the 30th anniversary of the <a href="/wiki/Flag_of_Europe" title="Flag of Europe">flag of Europe</a>. Four more countries, <a href="/wiki/Estonia" title="Estonia">Estonia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Latvia" title="Latvia">Latvia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lithuania" title="Lithuania">Lithuania</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Croatia" title="Croatia">Croatia</a> joined the eurozone in 2011, 2014, 2015, and in 2023, respectively. <a href="/wiki/Andorra" title="Andorra">Andorra</a> began minting its own designs in 2014 after winning the right to do so. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Design">Design</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2_euro_coin&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Design"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The coins are composed of two alloys. The inner circle is composed of three layers (nickel brass, nickel, nickel brass) and the outer ring of copper-nickel giving them a two colour (silver outer and gold inner) appearance. The diameter of the coins is 25.75 mm, the thickness is 2.20 mm and the mass is 8.5 grams. The coins' edges are finely milled with lettering, though the exact design of the edge can vary between states with some choosing to write the issuing state's name or denomination around the edge (see "edges" below). The coins have been used from 2002, though some are dated 1999 which is the year the euro was created as a currency, but not put into general circulation. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Reverse_(common)_side"><span id="Reverse_.28common.29_side"></span>Reverse (common) side</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2_euro_coin&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Reverse (common) side"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The reverse (used from 2007 onwards) was designed by Luc Luycx and displays a map of Europe, not including Iceland and cutting off, in a <a href="/wiki/Semicircle" title="Semicircle">semicircle</a>, at the Bosporus, north through the middle of Ukraine and Belarus and through northern <a href="/wiki/Scandinavia" title="Scandinavia">Scandinavia</a>. Cyprus is located further west than it should be and Malta is shown disproportionally large so it appears on the map. The map has numerous indentations giving an appearance of geography rather than a flat design. Six fine lines cut across the map except where there is landmass and have a star at each end – reflecting the twelve stars on the flag of Europe. Across the map is the word EURO, and a large number 2 appears to the left hand side of the coin. The designer's initials, LL, appear next to Cyprus. </p><p>Luc Luycx designed the original coin, which was much the same except the design was only of the then 15 members in their entirety and showing border and no geographic features. The map was less detailed and the lines the stars were upon cut through where there would be landmass in eastern Europe if it were shown. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Obverse_(national)_sides"><span id="Obverse_.28national.29_sides"></span>Obverse (national) sides</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2_euro_coin&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Obverse (national) sides"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The obverse side of the coin depends on the issuing country. All have to include twelve stars (in most cases a circle around the edge), the engraver's initials, and the year of issue. New designs also have to include the name or initials of the issuing country. The side cannot repeat the denomination of the coin unless the issuing country uses an alphabet other than <a href="/wiki/Latin_alphabet" title="Latin alphabet">Latin</a> (currently, Greece is the only such country, hence it engraves "2 ΕΥΡΩ" upon its coins). Austria also engraves "2 EURO" on the reverse of its coins. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th width="220px">State </th> <th>Details </th> <th width="100px">Years of minting </th> <th>Image </th></tr> <tr> <th><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Andorra" title="Andorra"><img alt="Andorra" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Flag_of_Andorra.svg/22px-Flag_of_Andorra.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Flag_of_Andorra.svg/33px-Flag_of_Andorra.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Flag_of_Andorra.svg/43px-Flag_of_Andorra.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Andorran_euro_coins" class="mw-redirect" title="Andorran euro coins">Andorran euro coins</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Andorra" title="Coat of arms of Andorra">Andorran coat of arms</a> with the motto "virtus unita fortior" (virtue united is stronger) </td> <td>2014 onward </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Austria" title="Austria"><img alt="Austria" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/45px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Austrian_euro_coins" title="Austrian euro coins">Austrian euro coins</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Bertha_von_Suttner" title="Bertha von Suttner">Bertha von Suttner</a>, a radical Austrian pacifist and <a href="/wiki/Nobel_Peace_Prize" title="Nobel Peace Prize">Nobel Peace Prize</a> winner, as a symbol of Austria's efforts to support peace. The Austrian flag is <a href="/wiki/Hatching_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Hatching system">hatched</a> below the denomination on the left hand side. The year appears on the right hand side. </td> <td>2002 onward </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="3"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium"><img alt="Belgium" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Belgian_euro_coins" title="Belgian euro coins">Belgian euro coins</a> </th> <td>FIRST SERIES: An <a href="/wiki/Effigy" title="Effigy">effigy</a> of <a href="/wiki/Albert_II_of_Belgium" title="Albert II of Belgium">King Albert II</a>. To the right hand side among the stars was the king's <a href="/wiki/Monogram" title="Monogram">monogram</a>, a letter "A", underneath a crown. The year is lower down, also among the stars. </td> <td>1999–2007 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>SECOND SERIES: A redesign to include the letters BE (standing for Belgium) beneath the monogram, which was moved out of the stars into the centre circle but still to the right of the King's renewed portrait. The date was also moved out and placed beneath the effigy and included two symbols either side (left: signature mark of the master of the mint, right: mint mark). Initially the portrait of the king had been updated, but since this did not comply with the ECB regulations the coin design was amended to use the portrait of the original series again from 2009. </td> <td>2008, 2009–2013 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>THIRD SERIES: In 2013, Albert II abdicated with <a href="/wiki/Philippe_of_Belgium" title="Philippe of Belgium">Philippe of Belgium</a> becoming King. He subsequently replaced Albert on Belgian euro coins. </td> <td>2014 onward </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Croatia" title="Croatia"><img alt="Croatia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Croatian_euro_coins" title="Croatian euro coins">Croatian euro coins</a> </th> <td>Silhouette map of Croatia with a checkerboard in the background, with the word "Hrvatska" ("Croatia") written along the edge. </td> <td>2023 onward </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Cyprus" title="Cyprus"><img alt="Cyprus" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Cyprus.svg/23px-Flag_of_Cyprus.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Cyprus.svg/35px-Flag_of_Cyprus.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Cyprus.svg/45px-Flag_of_Cyprus.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Cypriot_euro_coins" title="Cypriot euro coins">Cypriot euro coins</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Idol_of_Pomos" title="Idol of Pomos">Idol of Pomos</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Prehistory" title="Prehistory">prehistoric</a> sculpture dating from the 30th century BC, as an example of the island's historic civilisation and art. It includes the name of Cyprus in Greek and <a href="/wiki/Turkish_language" title="Turkish language">Turkish</a> (ΚΥΠΡΟΣ and KIBRIS) on each side of the idol. </td> <td>2008 onward </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Estonia" title="Estonia"><img alt="Estonia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Flag_of_Estonia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Estonia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Flag_of_Estonia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Estonia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Flag_of_Estonia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Estonia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="990" data-file-height="630" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Estonian_euro_coins" title="Estonian euro coins">Estonian euro coins</a> </th> <td>A geographical image of Estonia and the word "Eesti" ("Estonia"). </td> <td>2011 onward </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Finland" title="Finland"><img alt="Finland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="1100" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Finnish_euro_coins" title="Finnish euro coins">Finnish euro coins</a> </th> <td>FIRST SERIES: Fruit and leaves of the <a href="/wiki/Cloudberry" class="mw-redirect" title="Cloudberry">cloudberry</a>, with the date visible at the bottom above the stars. It includes the initial "M" of the mint master of the Mint of Finland, Raimo Makkonen, to the bottom right. </td> <td>1999–2007 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>SECOND SERIES: Redesign to meet the new design requirements, the initial was replaced by the mint's mint mark and the letters FI (for Finland) were included on the right hand side of the horizon. Changes in the mint mark occurred several times since 2007. </td> <td>2007 onward </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/France" title="France"><img alt="France" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/French_euro_coins" title="French euro coins">French euro coins</a> </th> <td>A stylised tree (which symbolises life, continuity and growth) upon a <a href="/wiki/Hexagon" title="Hexagon">hexagon</a> (<i>l'hexagone</i> is often used to refer to France due to its broadly hexagonal shape). The letters RF, standing for République française (French Republic), stand each side of the trunk of the tree. Around the edge, but inside the circle of stars, is the motto of France: “<a href="/wiki/Libert%C3%A9,_%C3%A9galit%C3%A9,_fraternit%C3%A9" title="Liberté, égalité, fraternité">liberté, égalité, fraternité</a>”. The stars themselves are stylised, linked together by a pattern of lines. The date is located towards the bottom between the stars and the mint marks are located at the top. </td> <td>1999 onward </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany"><img alt="Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/German_euro_coins" title="German euro coins">German euro coins</a> </th> <td>The <a href="/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Germany" title="Coat of arms of Germany">German coat of arms</a> (the German eagle) which symbolises German sovereignty. The date appears at the base of the eagle and the silver behind the stars is etched to give visual effect. </td> <td>1999 onward </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Greece" title="Greece"><img alt="Greece" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/23px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/35px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/45px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Greek_euro_coins" title="Greek euro coins">Greek euro coins</a> </th> <td>A depiction of the abduction of <a href="/wiki/Europa_(consort_of_Zeus)" title="Europa (consort of Zeus)">Europa</a> by <a href="/wiki/Zeus" title="Zeus">Zeus</a>, in the form of a bull, shown in a 3rd-century <a href="/wiki/Sparta" title="Sparta">Spartan</a> mosaic. Europa was a <a href="/wiki/Phoenicia" title="Phoenicia">Phoenician</a> in <a href="/wiki/Greek_mythology" title="Greek mythology">Greek mythology</a>, whose name, is the origin of the continent's name, "Europe". The value of the euro in the <a href="/wiki/Greek_alphabet" title="Greek alphabet">Greek alphabet</a>, 2 ΕΥΡΩ, is shown below the motif. The mint's mark is to the top right, designer's initials to the left, the word "Europa" (ΕΥΡΩΠΗ) in Greek to the top left and the date on the bottom side among the stars. </td> <td>2001 onward </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland" title="Republic of Ireland"><img alt="Republic of Ireland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Irish_euro_coins" title="Irish euro coins">Irish euro coins</a> </th> <td>The national emblem of Ireland, an Irish harp (the Cláirseach, see <a href="/wiki/Cl%C3%A0rsach" class="mw-redirect" title="Clàrsach">Clàrsach</a>). Vertically on the left hand side is the word "<a href="/wiki/%C3%89ire" title="Éire">Éire</a>" (Ireland in the <a href="/wiki/Irish_language" title="Irish language">Irish language</a>) and on the right hand side is the date. The harp motif was designed by <a href="/wiki/Jarlath_Hayes" title="Jarlath Hayes">Jarlath Hayes</a>. </td> <td>2002 onward </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy"><img alt="Italy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/35px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/45px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Italian_euro_coins" title="Italian euro coins">Italian euro coins</a> </th> <td>A portrait of <a href="/wiki/Dante_Alighieri" title="Dante Alighieri">Dante Alighieri</a> by <a href="/wiki/Raphael" title="Raphael">Raphael</a>. Dante was a poet in the <a href="/wiki/Middle_Ages" title="Middle Ages">Middle Ages</a> and is considered the father of the <a href="/wiki/Italian_language" title="Italian language">Italian language</a> while Raphael was a master artist and architect of the <a href="/wiki/High_Renaissance" title="High Renaissance">High Renaissance</a>. The original portrait, part of the <a href="/wiki/Disputation_of_the_Holy_Sacrament" title="Disputation of the Holy Sacrament">Disputation of the Holy Sacrament</a>, is in the <a href="/wiki/Apostolic_Palace" title="Apostolic Palace">Apostolic Palace</a> of Vatican City. It includes the interconnected letters IR (for <i>Repubblica Italiana</i> – Italian Republic), the year and the mint mark are shown to the left of Dante's face. </td> <td>1999 onward </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Latvia" title="Latvia"><img alt="Latvia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Flag_of_Latvia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Latvia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Flag_of_Latvia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Latvia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Flag_of_Latvia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Latvia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Latvian_euro_coins" class="mw-redirect" title="Latvian euro coins">Latvian euro coins</a> </th> <td>The <a href="/wiki/5_lats_coin" title="5 lats coin">Latvian maiden</a>, which symbolises the freedom of the Republic of Latvia, with "Latvijas Republika" written on either side. </td> <td>2014 onward </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:LV_2_eiro.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/LV_2_eiro.png/100px-LV_2_eiro.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/LV_2_eiro.png/150px-LV_2_eiro.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/LV_2_eiro.png/200px-LV_2_eiro.png 2x" data-file-width="628" data-file-height="625" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Lithuania" title="Lithuania"><img alt="Lithuania" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Lithuania.svg/23px-Flag_of_Lithuania.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Lithuania.svg/35px-Flag_of_Lithuania.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Lithuania.svg/46px-Flag_of_Lithuania.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Lithuanian_euro_coins" class="mw-redirect" title="Lithuanian euro coins">Lithuanian euro coins</a> </th> <td>The <a href="/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Lithuania" title="Coat of arms of Lithuania">Vytis</a> (symbol of the coat-of-arms) and the word "Lietuva", which means "Lithuania". The twelve stars, symbols of the EU, surrounds the Vytis. </td> <td>2015 onward </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:N22978_2_eur_aversas.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/N22978_2_eur_aversas.jpg/100px-N22978_2_eur_aversas.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="99" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/N22978_2_eur_aversas.jpg/150px-N22978_2_eur_aversas.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/N22978_2_eur_aversas.jpg/200px-N22978_2_eur_aversas.jpg 2x" data-file-width="951" data-file-height="941" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Luxembourg" title="Luxembourg"><img alt="Luxembourg" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_Luxembourg.svg/23px-Flag_of_Luxembourg.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_Luxembourg.svg/35px-Flag_of_Luxembourg.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_Luxembourg.svg/46px-Flag_of_Luxembourg.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="307" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Luxembourgish_euro_coins" title="Luxembourgish euro coins">Luxembourgish euro coins</a> </th> <td>A stylised effigy of <a href="/wiki/Henri,_Grand_Duke_of_Luxembourg" title="Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg">Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg</a>. The left 40% of the coin has the effigy cut off and the style of the stars inverted. The year, followed by <i>Lëtzebuerg</i> (Luxembourg in <a href="/wiki/Luxembourgish_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Luxembourgish language">Luxembourgish</a>) written vertically. </td> <td>1999 onward </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Malta" title="Malta"><img alt="Malta" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Malta.svg/23px-Flag_of_Malta.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Malta.svg/35px-Flag_of_Malta.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Malta.svg/45px-Flag_of_Malta.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Maltese_euro_coins" title="Maltese euro coins">Maltese euro coins</a> </th> <td>The <a href="/wiki/Maltese_Cross" class="mw-redirect" title="Maltese Cross">Maltese Cross</a> (the emblem of the <a href="/wiki/Sovereign_Military_Order_of_Malta" title="Sovereign Military Order of Malta">Sovereign Military Order of Malta</a>: 1520–1798, now a national symbol), with the background of a darker hatched texture. The word MALTA is shown with each letter appearing in a segment across the top half of the coin to the edge of the inner circle. The date is shown at the base of the inner circle. </td> <td>2008 onward </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Monaco" title="Monaco"><img alt="Monaco" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Flag_of_Monaco.svg/19px-Flag_of_Monaco.svg.png" decoding="async" width="19" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Flag_of_Monaco.svg/29px-Flag_of_Monaco.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Flag_of_Monaco.svg/38px-Flag_of_Monaco.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Mon%C3%A9gasque_euro_coins" title="Monégasque euro coins">Monégasque euro coins</a> </th> <td>FIRST SERIES: An effigy of <a href="/wiki/Rainier_III,_Prince_of_Monaco" title="Rainier III, Prince of Monaco">Prince Rainier III</a> with the name MONACO was written across the top of the coin's outer circle and the year across the bottom of the outer circle with the mint marks. </td> <td>2002–2006 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:2_euro_mo_series1.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/0a/2_euro_mo_series1.gif/98px-2_euro_mo_series1.gif" decoding="async" width="98" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/0a/2_euro_mo_series1.gif/147px-2_euro_mo_series1.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/0a/2_euro_mo_series1.gif 2x" data-file-width="166" data-file-height="169" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>SECOND SERIES: Upon the death of Prince Rainier III in 2005, and the accession of <a href="/wiki/Albert_II,_Prince_of_Monaco" title="Albert II, Prince of Monaco">Prince Albert II</a> Prince Rainier's effigy was replaced with that of Prince Albert's and the name Monaco and the year were brought within the inner circle. </td> <td>2006 onward </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:2_euro_mo_series2.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/2_euro_mo_series2.gif/98px-2_euro_mo_series2.gif" decoding="async" width="98" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/2_euro_mo_series2.gif/147px-2_euro_mo_series2.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/9a/2_euro_mo_series2.gif 2x" data-file-width="166" data-file-height="169" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands"><img alt="Netherlands" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Dutch_euro_coins" title="Dutch euro coins">Dutch euro coins</a> </th> <td>FIRST SERIES: A stylised profile of Queen <a href="/wiki/Beatrix_of_the_Netherlands" title="Beatrix of the Netherlands">Beatrix of the Netherlands</a> over the left half of the coin, with the right hand side containing the words "Beatrix Koningin der Nederlanden" ("Beatrix Queen of The Netherlands" in Dutch) written vertically on three lines and the year written horizontally to the lower right. This design was taken from the former <a href="/wiki/Dutch_guilder" title="Dutch guilder">Dutch guilder</a>. The mint marks are located on the bottom of the outer ring and the twelve stars are compressed onto the left side of the coin only, rather than forming a full circle. </td> <td>1999–2013 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>SECOND SERIES: Following the change of head of state, a new Dutch series was introduced from 2014. It shows the effigy of <a href="/wiki/Willem-Alexander_of_the_Netherlands" title="Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands">King Willem-Alexander</a> facing right and bears the inscription "Willem-Alexander Koning der Nederlanden" (William-Alexander King of the Netherlands) with the year of issuance. </td> <td>2014 onward </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Portugal" title="Portugal"><img alt="Portugal" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/23px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/35px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/45px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_euro_coins" title="Portuguese euro coins">Portuguese euro coins</a> </th> <td>The royal seal of 1144 surrounded by the country's castles and five <a href="/wiki/Escutcheon_(heraldry)" title="Escutcheon (heraldry)">escutcheona</a> with silver <a href="/wiki/Bezant" title="Bezant">bezants</a> set in relation to the surrounding European stars which is supposed to symbolise dialogue, exchange of values and dynamics in the building of Europe. Between the castles is the numbers of the year towards the bottom and the letters of the name Portugal between the upper icons. The stars are inset on a ridge. </td> <td>1999 onward </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/San_Marino" title="San Marino"><img alt="San Marino" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Flag_of_San_Marino.svg/20px-Flag_of_San_Marino.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Flag_of_San_Marino.svg/31px-Flag_of_San_Marino.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Flag_of_San_Marino.svg/40px-Flag_of_San_Marino.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Sammarinese_euro_coins" class="mw-redirect" title="Sammarinese euro coins">Sammarinese euro coins</a> </th> <td>FIRST SERIES: The <a href="/wiki/Palazzo_Pubblico_(San_Marino)" title="Palazzo Pubblico (San Marino)">Palazzo Pubblico</a>, the town hall and main government building of the city state. The date and mint mark is shown on the left, and the name San Marino on the right. </td> <td>2012–2017 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>SECOND SERIES: A portrait of <a href="/wiki/Saint_Marinus" title="Saint Marinus">Saint Marino</a>, detail of a painting by <a href="/w/index.php?title=Giovanni_Battista_Urbinelli&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Giovanni Battista Urbinelli (page does not exist)">Giovanni Battista Urbinelli</a>. </td> <td>2018 onward </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Slovakia" title="Slovakia"><img alt="Slovakia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Flag_of_Slovakia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Slovakia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Flag_of_Slovakia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Slovakia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Flag_of_Slovakia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Slovakia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Slovak_euro_coins" title="Slovak euro coins">Slovak euro coins</a> </th> <td>The <a href="/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Slovakia" title="Coat of arms of Slovakia">Coat of arms of Slovakia</a>, a double cross on three hills extending across the lower three stars. The background is a relief of rocks, representing the stability and strength of Slovakia. "SLOVENSKO" (Slovakia) is written to the right of the emblem and the date to the lower left. </td> <td>2009 onward </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Slovenia" title="Slovenia"><img alt="Slovenia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Flag_of_Slovenia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Slovenia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Flag_of_Slovenia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Slovenia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Flag_of_Slovenia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Slovenia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Slovenian_euro_coins" title="Slovenian euro coins">Slovenian euro coins</a> </th> <td>A silhouette of <a href="/wiki/France_Pre%C5%A1eren" title="France Prešeren">France Prešeren</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Slovenes" title="Slovenes">Slovene</a> <a href="/wiki/Romanticism" title="Romanticism">romantic</a> poet from the 19th century who inspired much of Slovene literature that followed him. Below his silhouette are the words, in stylised writing, "Shivé naj vsi naródi" meaning "God’s blessing on all nations". This is from the first line of the Slovenian national anthem, which is the 7th stanza of <i><a href="/wiki/Zdravljica" title="Zdravljica">Zdravljica</a></i>, a poem by France Prešeren. To the bottom left, tracing the curve of the outer circle is Prešeren's name and similarly on the right hand side, divided by a star per letter, is the name SLOVENIJA (Slovenia). The year and mint marks are also placed within the stars. </td> <td>2007 onward </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="3"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain"><img alt="Spain" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/23px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/35px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/45px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Spanish_euro_coins" title="Spanish euro coins">Spanish euro coins</a> </th> <td>FIRST SERIES: An effigy of <a href="/wiki/Juan_Carlos_I_of_Spain" class="mw-redirect" title="Juan Carlos I of Spain">King Juan Carlos I</a> designed by Luis José Díaz. To his left on a curved raised area is the name "España" (Spain) and four stars on the right hand size are on a raise area in the same manner. The mint mark is located beneath España and the date on the lower portion between the stars. </td> <td>1999–2009 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>SECOND SERIES: The second design removed the curved raised area for the country's name and the stars, and moved the date from the outer ring of the coin. </td> <td>2010–2015 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>THIRD SERIES: In 2014, <a href="/wiki/Juan_Carlos_I_of_Spain" class="mw-redirect" title="Juan Carlos I of Spain">Juan Carlos I of Spain</a> abdicated in favour of his son. In June 2014 the enthronement took place and 8 months later (February 2015) the new design was released. </td> <td>2015 onward </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="5"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Vatican_City" title="Vatican City"><img alt="Vatican City" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Flag_of_Vatican_City_%282023%E2%80%93present%29.svg/16px-Flag_of_Vatican_City_%282023%E2%80%93present%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Flag_of_Vatican_City_%282023%E2%80%93present%29.svg/24px-Flag_of_Vatican_City_%282023%E2%80%93present%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Flag_of_Vatican_City_%282023%E2%80%93present%29.svg/32px-Flag_of_Vatican_City_%282023%E2%80%93present%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Vatican_euro_coins" title="Vatican euro coins">Vatican euro coins</a> </th> <td>FIRST SERIES: An effigy of <a href="/wiki/Pope_John_Paul_II" title="Pope John Paul II">Pope John Paul II</a>. The name <i>CITTA DEL VATICANO</i> (<a href="/wiki/Vatican_City" title="Vatican City">Vatican City</a>), followed by the year and mint mark, was written in a break between the stars below. </td> <td>2000–2005 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>SECOND SERIES: Following the death of John Paul II in 2005, a new coin was issued during the <a href="/wiki/Sede_vacante" title="Sede vacante">Sede vacante</a> until a new Pope was chosen. This contained the insignia of the <a href="/wiki/Apostolic_Camera" title="Apostolic Camera">Apostolic Chamber</a> and the coat of arms of the <a href="/wiki/Camerlengo_of_the_Holy_Roman_Church" title="Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church">Cardinal Chamberlain</a>. </td> <td>2005–2006 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>THIRD SERIES: When <a href="/wiki/Pope_Benedict_XVI" title="Pope Benedict XVI">Pope Benedict XVI</a> was elected, his effigy appeared on the coins, with the name of the city now broken to his top right with the year and mint mark in the middle to his right. </td> <td>2006–2013 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>FOURTH SERIES: In 2014 the coins were updated with the election of <a href="/wiki/Pope_Francis" title="Pope Francis">Pope Francis</a>. <i>CITTA DEL VATICANO</i> is written around the top, broken by Pope Francis' head, with the date below the O in Vaticano. </td> <td>2014–2016 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>FIFTH SERIES: After the announcement that Pope Francis would no longer appear on any coins issued by the Vatican, new 1 and 2 euro coins were issued to depict the papal coat of arms of Francis. </td> <td>2017 onward </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Edges">Edges</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2_euro_coin&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Edges"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The edges of the 2 euro coin vary according to the issuing state; </p> <table class="wikitable" style="margin:1em auto;"> <caption><b>Standard €2 edge inscriptions by country</b> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Country </th> <th>Edge inscription </th> <th>Description </th></tr> <tr> <td>Austria </td> <td><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Edge_austria_s01.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b1/Edge_austria_s01.jpg" decoding="async" width="279" height="7" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="279" data-file-height="7" /></a></span> </td> <td>The sequence "2 EURO ★★★" repeated four times alternately upright and inverted. </td></tr> <tr> <td>Belgium, France, Ireland, Luxembourg, Monaco, Spain </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:2%E2%82%AC_edge_inv2.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/2%E2%82%AC_edge_inv2.svg/93px-2%E2%82%AC_edge_inv2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="93" height="7" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/2%E2%82%AC_edge_inv2.svg/140px-2%E2%82%AC_edge_inv2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/2%E2%82%AC_edge_inv2.svg/186px-2%E2%82%AC_edge_inv2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="676" data-file-height="50" /></a></span><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:2%E2%82%AC_edge_inv2.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/2%E2%82%AC_edge_inv2.svg/93px-2%E2%82%AC_edge_inv2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="93" height="7" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/2%E2%82%AC_edge_inv2.svg/140px-2%E2%82%AC_edge_inv2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/2%E2%82%AC_edge_inv2.svg/186px-2%E2%82%AC_edge_inv2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="676" data-file-height="50" /></a></span><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:2%E2%82%AC_edge_inv2.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/2%E2%82%AC_edge_inv2.svg/93px-2%E2%82%AC_edge_inv2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="93" height="7" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/2%E2%82%AC_edge_inv2.svg/140px-2%E2%82%AC_edge_inv2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/2%E2%82%AC_edge_inv2.svg/186px-2%E2%82%AC_edge_inv2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="676" data-file-height="50" /></a></span> </td> <td>The sequence "2 ★ ★" repeated six times alternately upright and inverted. </td></tr> <tr> <td>Croatia </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:2_euro_edge_inscription_Croatia.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/2_euro_edge_inscription_Croatia.svg/280px-2_euro_edge_inscription_Croatia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="280" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/2_euro_edge_inscription_Croatia.svg/420px-2_euro_edge_inscription_Croatia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/2_euro_edge_inscription_Croatia.svg/560px-2_euro_edge_inscription_Croatia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="250" data-file-height="18" /></a></span> </td> <td>"O LIJEPA O DRAGA O SLATKA SLOBODO" ("Oh beautiful, oh dear, oh sweet freedom" in <a href="/wiki/Croatian_language" title="Croatian language">Croatian</a>, from <i><a href="/wiki/Dubravka_(drama)" title="Dubravka (drama)">Dubravka</a></i>). </td></tr> <tr> <td>Cyprus </td> <td><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Edge_cyprus_s01.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d5/Edge_cyprus_s01.jpg" decoding="async" width="279" height="12" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="279" data-file-height="12" /></a></span> </td> <td>The sequence "2 ΕΥΡΩ 2 EURO" repeated twice (<i>2 EURO</i> in <a href="/wiki/Greek_language" title="Greek language">Greek</a> and <a href="/wiki/Turkish_language" title="Turkish language">Turkish</a>). </td></tr> <tr> <td>Estonia </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Estonian_2_euro_coin_edge_(condensed).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Estonian_2_euro_coin_edge_%28condensed%29.svg/280px-Estonian_2_euro_coin_edge_%28condensed%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="280" height="19" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Estonian_2_euro_coin_edge_%28condensed%29.svg/420px-Estonian_2_euro_coin_edge_%28condensed%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Estonian_2_euro_coin_edge_%28condensed%29.svg/560px-Estonian_2_euro_coin_edge_%28condensed%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="25" /></a></span> </td> <td>"EESTI ○" (<i>ESTONIA</i> in <a href="/wiki/Estonian_language" title="Estonian language">Estonian</a>) upright and inverted. </td></tr> <tr> <td>Finland </td> <td><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Edge_finland_s01.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3b/Edge_finland_s01.jpg" decoding="async" width="279" height="12" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="279" data-file-height="12" /></a></span> </td> <td>"SUOMI FINLAND" (<i>FINLAND</i> in both <a href="/wiki/Finnish_language" title="Finnish language">Finnish</a> and <a href="/wiki/Swedish_language" title="Swedish language">Swedish</a>, the two official languages in Finland), followed by three lion's heads. </td></tr> <tr> <td>Germany </td> <td><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Edge_germany_s01.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/04/Edge_germany_s01.jpg" decoding="async" width="279" height="9" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="279" data-file-height="9" /></a></span> </td> <td>"EINIGKEIT UND RECHT UND FREIHEIT" (<i>UNITY AND JUSTICE AND FREEDOM</i> in <a href="/wiki/German_language" title="German language">German</a>), Germany's national motto and the beginning of <a href="/wiki/Deutschlandlied" title="Deutschlandlied">Germany's national anthem</a>, followed by the <a href="/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Germany" title="Coat of arms of Germany">Federal Eagle</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td>Greece </td> <td><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Edge_greece_s01.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/10/Edge_greece_s01.jpg" decoding="async" width="279" height="14" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="279" data-file-height="14" /></a></span> </td> <td>"ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗ ΔΗΜΟΚΡΑΤΙΑ ★" (<i>ELLINIKI DHIMOKRATIA ★</i>: "HELLENIC REPUBLIC" in <a href="/wiki/Greek_language" title="Greek language">Greek</a>). </td></tr> <tr> <td>Italy, San Marino, Vatican </td> <td><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Edge_com1_s01.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3e/Edge_com1_s01.jpg" decoding="async" width="279" height="13" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="279" data-file-height="13" /></a></span> </td> <td>The sequence "2 ★" repeated six times alternately upright and inverted. </td></tr> <tr> <td>Latvia </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:2_eiro_LV_josta.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/2_eiro_LV_josta.jpg/280px-2_eiro_LV_josta.jpg" decoding="async" width="280" height="19" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/2_eiro_LV_josta.jpg/420px-2_eiro_LV_josta.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c7/2_eiro_LV_josta.jpg 2x" data-file-width="520" data-file-height="36" /></a></span> </td> <td>"DIEVS ★ SVĒTĪ ★ LATVIJU ★" (<i><a href="/wiki/Dievs,_sv%C4%93t%C4%AB_Latviju!" title="Dievs, svētī Latviju!">GOD BLESS LATVIA</a></i>) </td></tr> <tr> <td>Lithuania </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:2_euro_edge_inscription_Lithuania.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/2_euro_edge_inscription_Lithuania.svg/280px-2_euro_edge_inscription_Lithuania.svg.png" decoding="async" width="280" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/2_euro_edge_inscription_Lithuania.svg/420px-2_euro_edge_inscription_Lithuania.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/2_euro_edge_inscription_Lithuania.svg/560px-2_euro_edge_inscription_Lithuania.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="250" data-file-height="18" /></a></span> </td> <td>"LAISVĖ ★ VIENYBĖ ★ GEROVĖ ★" ("Freedom, Unity, Prosperity" in <a href="/wiki/Lithuanian_language" title="Lithuanian language">Lithuanian</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td>Malta </td> <td><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Edge_malta_s01.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/01/Edge_malta_s01.jpg" decoding="async" width="279" height="15" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="279" data-file-height="15" /></a></span> </td> <td>The sequence "2✠✠" (with <a href="/wiki/Maltese_crosses" class="mw-redirect" title="Maltese crosses">Maltese crosses</a>) repeated six times alternately upright and inverted </td></tr> <tr> <td>Netherlands </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Edge_nederland_s01.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Edge_nederland_s01.jpg/279px-Edge_nederland_s01.jpg" decoding="async" width="279" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c3/Edge_nederland_s01.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="379" data-file-height="17" /></a></span> </td> <td>"GOD ★ ZIJ ★ MET ★ ONS ★" (<i>GOD BE WITH US</i> in <a href="/wiki/Dutch_language" title="Dutch language">Dutch</a>). The same lettering had been applied to the larger denomination <a href="/wiki/Dutch_guilder" title="Dutch guilder">guilder</a> coins. </td></tr> <tr> <td>Portugal </td> <td><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Edge_portugal_s01.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/29/Edge_portugal_s01.jpg" decoding="async" width="279" height="12" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="279" data-file-height="12" /></a></span> </td> <td>The edge design features the seven castles and five coats of arms also found on the national side, all equally spaced. </td></tr> <tr> <td>Slovakia </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Edge.slovakia.s01.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Edge.slovakia.s01.jpg/279px-Edge.slovakia.s01.jpg" decoding="async" width="279" height="7" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Edge.slovakia.s01.jpg/419px-Edge.slovakia.s01.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/19/Edge.slovakia.s01.jpg 2x" data-file-width="478" data-file-height="12" /></a></span> </td> <td>"SLOVENSKÁ REPUBLIKA" (<i>SLOVAK REPUBLIC</i> in <a href="/wiki/Slovak_language" title="Slovak language">Slovak</a>) with two stars and <a href="/wiki/Tilia" title="Tilia">linden</a> leaf between. </td></tr> <tr> <td>Slovenia </td> <td><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Edge_slovenia_s01.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a5/Edge_slovenia_s01.jpg" decoding="async" width="279" height="13" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="279" data-file-height="13" /></a></span> </td> <td>"SLOVENIJA •" (<i>SLOVENIA</i> in <a href="/wiki/Slovene_language" title="Slovene language">Slovene</a>) </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Planned_designs">Planned designs</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2_euro_coin&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Planned designs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Enlargement_of_the_eurozone" title="Enlargement of the eurozone">Enlargement of the eurozone</a></div> <p>Austria, Germany and Greece will also at some point need to update their designs to comply with guidelines stating they must include the issuing state's name or initial, and not repeat the denomination of the coin. </p><p>In addition, there are several EU states that have not yet adopted the euro, some of them have already agreed upon their coin designs however it is not known exactly when they will adopt the currency, and therefore these are not yet minted. See <a href="/wiki/Enlargement_of_the_Eurozone" class="mw-redirect" title="Enlargement of the Eurozone">enlargement of the Eurozone</a> for expected entry dates of these countries. Latvia officially introduced the euro on 1 January 2014, its design for the 2 euro coin is similar to the 5 <a href="/wiki/Latvian_lat" class="mw-redirect" title="Latvian lat">lati</a> coin's design from 1929 to 1932:<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Commemorative_issues">Commemorative issues</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2_euro_coin&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Commemorative issues"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/%E2%82%AC2_commemorative_coins" class="mw-redirect" title="€2 commemorative coins">€2 commemorative coins</a></div> <p>Each state, allowed to issue coins, may also mint two <a href="/wiki/Commemorative_coins" class="mw-redirect" title="Commemorative coins">commemorative coins</a> each year (until 2012, it was one a year). Only €2 coins may be used in this way (for them to be legal tender) and there is a limit on the number that can be issued. The coin must show the normal design criteria, such as the twelve stars, the year and the issuing country. Not all states have issued their own commemorative coins except for in 2007, 2009 and 2012 when every then-eurozone state issued a common coin (with only different languages and country names used) to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the <a href="/wiki/Treaties_of_Rome" class="mw-redirect" title="Treaties of Rome">Treaty of Rome</a> (1957–2007), the 10th anniversary of the euro (1999–2009) and the 10th anniversary of euro coins (2002–2012). Eurozone-wide issues do not count as a state's two-a-year issue. Germany has begun issuing one coin a year for each of <a href="/wiki/States_of_Germany" title="States of Germany">its states</a> (the <a href="/wiki/German_euro_coins#German_Bundesländer_series_I" title="German euro coins">German Bundesländer series</a> which will take it up to 2021. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Types_of_Commemorative_€2_coins"><span id="Types_of_Commemorative_.E2.82.AC2_coins"></span>Types of Commemorative €2 coins</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2_euro_coin&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Types of Commemorative €2 coins"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There are several types of Commemorative €2 Coins: </p> <ol><li>Commemorative coins that the euro countries are issued jointly by all EU Countries</li> <li>Commemorative coins issued by a single country</li> <li>Commemorative coins issued by a number of countries</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Commemorative_coins_that_are_issued_jointly_by_all_eurozone_countries">Commemorative coins that are issued jointly by all eurozone countries</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2_euro_coin&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Commemorative coins that are issued jointly by all eurozone countries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>So far, there have been five commemorative coins that the eurozone countries have issued jointly: the first, in March 2007, to commemorate the "50th anniversary of the <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Rome" title="Treaty of Rome">Treaty of Rome</a>", the second, in January 2009, to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the euro is celebrated with a coin called the "10th anniversary of <a href="/wiki/Economic_and_Monetary_Union_of_the_European_Union" title="Economic and Monetary Union of the European Union">Economic and Monetary Union of the European Union</a>", the third one in 2012, to commemorate 10 years of the euro coins and notes, the fourth one in 2015, to commenorate 30 years of the Flag of Europe and the fifth one in 2022 to commemorate 35 years of the <a href="/wiki/Erasmus_Programme" title="Erasmus Programme">Erasmus Programme</a>. </p><p>There are €2 commemorative coins that have been issued on the same topic by different member states, two (by Belgium and Italy) to celebrate <a href="/wiki/Louis_Braille" title="Louis Braille">Louis Braille</a>'s 200th birthday, four (by Italy, Belgium, Portugal and Finland) to celebrate 60th anniversary of the <a href="/wiki/Universal_Declaration_of_Human_Rights" title="Universal Declaration of Human Rights">Universal Declaration of Human Rights</a>, two (by Germany and France) to commemorate 50 years of the Elysee Treaty (1963–2013) and three (by Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia) to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the foundation of the independent Baltic states. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Commemorative_coins_issued_by_a_single_country">Commemorative coins issued by a single country</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2_euro_coin&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Commemorative coins issued by a single country"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As a rule, euro countries may each issue only two €2 commemorative coins per year. Exceptionally, they are allowed to issue another, provided that it is a joint issuance and commemorates events of European-wide importance. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Proposing_a_topic_for_a_€2_Commemorative_Coin"><span id="Proposing_a_topic_for_a_.E2.82.AC2_Commemorative_Coin"></span>Proposing a topic for a €2 Commemorative Coin</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2_euro_coin&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Proposing a topic for a €2 Commemorative Coin"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Role_of_the_European_Central_Bank">Role of the European Central Bank</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2_euro_coin&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Role of the European Central Bank"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Designing and issuing the coins is the competence of the individual euro countries. The ECB's role regarding the commemorative but also all other coins is to approve the maximum volumes of coins that the individual countries may issue.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>"Unlike banknotes, euro coins are still a national competence and not the ECB's. If a euro area country intends to issue a €2 commemorative coin it has to inform the European Commission. There is no reporting by euro area countries to the ECB. The Commission publishes the information in the multilingual Official Journal of the EU (C series). </p><p>The Official Journal is the authoritative source upon which the ECB bases its website updates on euro coins. The reporting process, the translation into 22 languages and publishing lead to unavoidable delays. The coin pages on the ECB’s website cannot therefore always be updated as timely as users might wish. </p><p>If the ECB learns of a euro coin that has not yet featured in the Official Journal, only its image will be posted on the ECB’s website, with a brief statement that confirmation by the European Commission is pending." </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Role_of_the_Directorate-General_for_Economic_and_Financial_Affairs">Role of the Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2_euro_coin&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Role of the Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://ec.europa.eu/economy_finance/euro/cash/commemorative/index_en.htm">The website of the EU – DG for Economic and Financial Affairs is not specific on the topic of proposing themes for €2 commemorative coins</a>. </p><p><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ecb.europa.eu/euro/html/reproduction.en.html">The website of the European Central Bank where the Euro coins are mentioned</a>, is not specific on the topic of proposing themes for €2 commemorative coins. It is not mentioned how the €2 commemorative coins that are in circulation today came about. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Similar_coins">Similar coins</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2_euro_coin&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Similar coins"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The coins were minted in several of the participating countries, many using blanks produced at the <a href="/wiki/Birmingham_Mint" title="Birmingham Mint">Birmingham Mint</a> in Birmingham, England. A problem has arisen in differentiation of coins made using similar blanks and minting techniques. </p> <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/Turkish_lira#Coins" title="Turkish lira">Turkish 1 New Lira coin</a> (which was in circulation from 2005 until 2008) closely resembled the €2 coin in both weight and size, and both coins seem to be recognized and accepted by coin-operated machines as being a €2 coin; however, 2 euros are worth roughly 20 times than 1 Turkish lira. There are now some vending machines which have been upgraded to reject the 1 lira coin.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Ten-baht_coin" title="Ten-baht coin">10 Thai baht coin</a>, first minted in 1988, which is of similar shape and size to a €2 coin but worth around one-eighth of the value has recently been appearing in the coin boxes of vending machines throughout Europe<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and being given back as change in some smaller establishments.</li> <li>The new 50 <a href="/wiki/Gapik" title="Gapik">gapik</a> coin of the <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijani_manat" title="Azerbaijani manat">Azerbaijani manat</a> also looks like a €2 coin. The new coin set of the country contains other coins similar to some euro coins.</li> <li>The Philippine <a href="/wiki/Philippine_ten_peso_coin" class="mw-redirect" title="Philippine ten peso coin">₱10 coin</a> of the BSP series is also similar to the 2 Euro coin making it easy to pass for a Euro in some establishments in the Eurozone.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Egyptian_pound" title="Egyptian pound">Egyptian pound</a> coin is also similar to the 2 Euro coin making it easy to pass for a Euro in some establishments in the Eurozone. It's worth around 12–13 Euro Cents (1/16 of a 2 Euro coin). It is slightly thicker, with a marginally smaller diameter. In everyday exchanges the similarity is effectively misleading. Its use has been attested in Amsterdam.</li> <li>The Mexican <a href="/wiki/Mexican_peso" title="Mexican peso">$5 coin</a> is also similar to the 2 Euro coin. It is worth around 28 Euro Cents (1/7 of the 2 Euro coin).<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The Canadian <a href="/wiki/Toonie" title="Toonie">$2 coin</a> or 'toonie', first minted in 1996, also bears a small similarity to the €2 coin. The toonie however is 2mm larger in diameter, 0.40mm less thick, 1.5g lighter, and features a larger outer ring. It is worth around 1.40 EUR.</li> <li>The Polish 5 <a href="/wiki/Polish_z%C5%82oty" title="Polish złoty">złotych</a> coin, currently worth about 1.16 EUR.</li> <li>The Indonesian <a href="/wiki/Coins_of_the_rupiah" class="mw-redirect" title="Coins of the rupiah">Rp1000</a> coin, minted between 1993 and 2000, weighs 0.1g more, has a diameter 0.25mm larger and is 0.20mm thinner. The coin is worth approximately €0.06 (1/30th of a €2 coin).</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/South_African_rand#Coins" title="South African rand">South African R5</a> is also similar in appearance and size, and is worth around €0.40.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Italian_lira" title="Italian lira">Italian 500 lire</a> minted from 1982 to 2001 has a diameter 0.05 larger. 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title="Language and the euro">Language</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Euro-Skulptur" title="Euro-Skulptur">Euro-Skulptur</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Administration</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/European_Central_Bank" title="European Central Bank">European Central Bank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_the_European_Central_Bank" title="President of the European Central Bank">ECB president</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_System_of_Central_Banks" title="European System of Central Banks">European System of Central Banks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurosystem" title="Eurosystem">Eurosystem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economic_and_Financial_Affairs_Council" title="Economic and Financial Affairs Council">Ecofin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurogroup" title="Eurogroup">Eurogroup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Euro_summit" title="Euro summit">Euro summit</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Fiscal provisions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Stability_and_Growth_Pact" title="Stability and Growth Pact">Stability and Growth Pact</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_Stability_Mechanism" title="European Stability Mechanism">European Stability Mechanism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Euro_Plus_Pact" title="Euro Plus Pact">Euro Plus Pact</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sixpack_(European_Union_law)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sixpack (European Union law)">Six pack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_Fiscal_Compact" title="European Fiscal Compact">European Fiscal Compact</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Economy</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Europe" title="Economy of Europe">Economy of Europe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_the_European_Union" title="Economy of the European Union">Economy of the European Union</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eonia" title="Eonia">Eonia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Euro_calculator" title="Euro calculator">Euro calculator</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Euribor" title="Euribor">Euro interbank offered rate (Euribor)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Single_Euro_Payments_Area" title="Single Euro Payments Area">Single euro payments area (SEPA)</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/European_Payments_Initiative" title="European Payments Initiative">European payments initiative (EPI)</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Euro_Currency_Index" title="Euro Currency Index">Euro Currency Index</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/International_status_and_usage_of_the_euro" title="International status and usage of the euro">International status</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eurobond_(eurozone)" title="Eurobond (eurozone)">Proposed eurobonds</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reserve_currency" title="Reserve currency">Reserve currency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Petrocurrency" title="Petrocurrency">Petroeuro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_currency" title="World currency">World currency</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Denominations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Euro_coins" title="Euro coins">Coins</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1_euro_cent_coin" title="1 euro cent coin">1c</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2_euro_cent_coin" title="2 euro cent coin">2c</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/5_euro_cent_coin" title="5 euro cent coin">5c</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/10_euro_cent_coin" title="10 euro cent coin">10c</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/20_euro_cent_coin" title="20 euro cent coin">20c</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/50_euro_cent_coin" title="50 euro cent coin">50c</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1_euro_coin" title="1 euro coin">1 €</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">2 €</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2_euro_commemorative_coins" title="2 euro commemorative coins">2 € commemorative coins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Euro_gold_and_silver_commemorative_coins" title="Euro gold and silver commemorative coins">Other commemorative coins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Identifying_marks_on_euro_coins" title="Identifying marks on euro coins">Identifying marks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Euro_starter_kits" title="Euro starter kits">Starter kits</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Europa_coin_programme" title="Europa coin programme">Europa coin programme</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_euro_mints" title="List of euro mints">Euro mint</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Euro_banknotes" title="Euro banknotes">Banknotes</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/5_euro_note" title="5 euro note">5 €</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/10_euro_note" title="10 euro note">10 €</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/20_euro_note" title="20 euro note">20 €</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/50_euro_note" title="50 euro note">50 €</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/100_euro_note" title="100 euro note">100 €</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/200_euro_note" title="200 euro note">200 €</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/500_euro_note" title="500 euro note">500 €</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Coins by country with minting rights</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Eurozone" title="Eurozone">Eurozone</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Austrian_euro_coins" title="Austrian euro coins">Austria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belgian_euro_coins" title="Belgian euro coins">Belgium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Croatian_euro_coins" title="Croatian euro coins">Croatia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cypriot_euro_coins" title="Cypriot euro coins">Cyprus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Estonian_euro_coins" title="Estonian euro coins">Estonia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Finnish_euro_coins" title="Finnish euro coins">Finland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/French_euro_coins" title="French euro coins">France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_euro_coins" title="German euro coins">Germany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greek_euro_coins" title="Greek euro coins">Greece</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irish_euro_coins" title="Irish euro coins">Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Italian_euro_coins" title="Italian euro coins">Italy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Latvian_euro_coins" class="mw-redirect" title="Latvian euro coins">Latvia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lithuanian_euro_coins" class="mw-redirect" title="Lithuanian euro coins">Lithuania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luxembourgish_euro_coins" title="Luxembourgish euro coins">Luxembourg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maltese_euro_coins" title="Maltese euro coins">Malta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dutch_euro_coins" title="Dutch euro coins">Netherlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portuguese_euro_coins" title="Portuguese euro coins">Portugal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slovak_euro_coins" title="Slovak euro coins">Slovakia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slovenian_euro_coins" title="Slovenian euro coins">Slovenia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spanish_euro_coins" title="Spanish euro coins">Spain</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Euro#Agreed_direct_usage_with_minting_rights" title="Euro">Monetary agreement with EU</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Andorra_and_the_euro" title="Andorra and the euro">Andorra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mon%C3%A9gasque_euro_coins" title="Monégasque euro coins">Monaco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sammarinese_euro_coins" class="mw-redirect" title="Sammarinese euro coins">San Marino</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vatican_euro_coins" title="Vatican euro coins">Vatican City</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Euro#Agreed_direct_usage_without_minting_rights" title="Euro">Non-EU territories<br /> using euro per agreement<br /> without minting rights</a></div></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Barth%C3%A9lemy" title="Saint Barthélemy">Saint Barthélemy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Pierre_and_Miquelon" title="Saint Pierre and Miquelon">Saint Pierre and Miquelon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/French_Southern_and_Antarctic_Lands" title="French Southern and Antarctic Lands">French Southern and Antarctic Lands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Akrotiri_and_Dhekelia" title="Akrotiri and Dhekelia">Akrotiri and Dhekelia</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Potential adoption by<br />other countries</div></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bulgaria_and_the_euro" title="Bulgaria and the euro">Bulgaria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Czech_Republic_and_the_euro" title="Czech Republic and the euro">Czech Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denmark_and_the_euro" title="Denmark and the euro">Denmark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hungary_and_the_euro" title="Hungary and the euro">Hungary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Poland_and_the_euro" title="Poland and the euro">Poland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Romania_and_the_euro" title="Romania and the euro">Romania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sweden_and_the_euro" title="Sweden and the euro">Sweden</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Euro#Unilateral_direct_usage" title="Euro">Countries and territories<br />using euro unilaterally</a></div></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kosovo_and_the_euro" title="Kosovo and the euro">Kosovo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montenegro_and_the_euro" title="Montenegro and the euro">Montenegro</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Currencies_of_the_European_Union" title="Currencies of the European Union">Other extant EU currencies</a></div></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:5em;font-weight:normal;">ERM <span style="font-family:serif;">II</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bulgarian_lev" title="Bulgarian lev">Bulgarian lev</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danish_krone" title="Danish krone">Danish krone</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:5em;font-weight:normal;">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Czech_koruna" title="Czech koruna">Czech koruna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hungarian_forint" title="Hungarian forint">Hungarian forint</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polish_z%C5%82oty" title="Polish złoty">Polish złoty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Romanian_leu" title="Romanian leu">Romanian leu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swedish_krona" title="Swedish krona">Swedish krona</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_euro" title="History of the euro">History</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:5em;font-weight:normal;">General</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Snake_in_the_tunnel" title="Snake in the tunnel">Snake in the tunnel</a>"</li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_Monetary_System" title="European Monetary System">European Monetary System</a> <ul><li><span style="font-family:serif;font-size:85%;">I</span> <span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/European_Currency_Unit" title="European Currency Unit">ECU</a></span></li> <li><span style="font-family:serif;font-size:85%;">II</span> <span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/European_Exchange_Rate_Mechanism" title="European Exchange Rate Mechanism">ERM</a></span></li> <li><span style="font-family:serif;font-size:85%;">III</span> <span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Economic_and_Monetary_Union_of_the_European_Union" title="Economic and Monetary Union of the European Union">EMU</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_Monetary_Cooperation_Fund" title="European Monetary Cooperation Fund">European Monetary Cooperation Fund</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delors_Committee" title="Delors Committee">Delors Committee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_Monetary_Institute" title="European Monetary Institute">European Monetary Institute</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Enlargement_of_the_eurozone" title="Enlargement of the eurozone">Enlargement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_Wednesday" title="Black Wednesday">Black Wednesday</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_debt_crisis" title="European debt crisis">European debt crisis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Withdrawal_from_the_eurozone" title="Withdrawal from the eurozone">Withdrawal</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:5em;font-weight:normal;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Previous EU members<br />and euro</div></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_and_the_euro" title="United Kingdom and the euro">United Kingdom</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:5em;font-weight:normal;">Preceding currencies</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/European_Currency_Unit" title="European Currency Unit">European Currency Unit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Austrian_schilling" title="Austrian schilling">Austrian schilling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belgian_franc" title="Belgian franc">Belgian franc</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Croatian_kuna" title="Croatian kuna">Croatian kuna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cypriot_pound" title="Cypriot pound">Cypriot pound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dutch_guilder" title="Dutch guilder">Dutch guilder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Estonian_kroon" title="Estonian kroon">Estonian kroon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Finnish_markka" title="Finnish markka">Finnish markka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/French_franc" title="French franc">French franc</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deutsche_Mark" title="Deutsche Mark">German Mark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Modern_drachma" title="Modern drachma">Greek drachma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irish_pound" title="Irish pound">Irish pound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Italian_lira" title="Italian lira">Italian lira</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Latvian_lats" title="Latvian lats">Latvian lats</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lithuanian_litas" title="Lithuanian litas">Lithuanian litas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luxembourg_franc" title="Luxembourg franc">Luxembourg franc</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maltese_lira" title="Maltese lira">Maltese lira</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mon%C3%A9gasque_franc" title="Monégasque franc">Monégasque franc</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portuguese_escudo" title="Portuguese escudo">Portuguese escudo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sammarinese_lira" title="Sammarinese lira">Sammarinese lira</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slovak_koruna" title="Slovak koruna">Slovak koruna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slovenian_tolar" title="Slovenian tolar">Slovenian tolar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spanish_peseta" title="Spanish 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