tabbs Posted February 11, 2007 Report Share Posted February 11, 2007 The Spanish mint will soon issue several collector coins dedicated to European themes. Some of them (€2, €12) can be had at face value, others (€10, €50, €400) will be issued in proof quality only and thus be more expensive. Pictures taken by H. Agt at the WMF earlier this month. Treaty of Rome - 50 Years In addition to the bimetallic €2 commemorative coin (that all euro countries in the EU issue) there will be this €12 collector coin: http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/6117/es...chevertrxn4.jpg Five Years of Euro Cash Three different €10 coins, playing with the bridges/windows/arches themes of the euro notes: http://img408.imageshack.us/img408/101/es2...euro1medah3.jpg http://img114.imageshack.us/img114/6241/es...euro2cuscu3.jpg http://img102.imageshack.us/img102/1060/es...euro3medxk8.jpg Common side of the three €10 coins (see below): http://img118.imageshack.us/img118/8655/es...eurorckmrd3.jpg The €50 coin, with Europa on the bull (Zeus) and, on the other side, the Hispania from the first peseta coins: http://img102.imageshack.us/img102/8674/es...euromedikp0.jpg The €100 coin, with a globe surrounded by the Twelve Stars of Europe, and the last peseta coin: http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/2776/es...eeuromediv6.jpg Christian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccg Posted February 16, 2007 Report Share Posted February 16, 2007 €12 ?! You've got to be kidding me. That's probably one of the most pathetic denominations I've seen on a "circulation" coin, even if it's of the NCLT variety. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabbs Posted February 16, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2007 That's probably one of the most pathetic denominations I've seen on a "circulation" coin, even if it's of the NCLT variety. The very first Spanish €12 piece was issued five years ago, right after the cash changeover. (Guess the reason for picking that odd face value was that this is almost exactly 2000 pesetas - and before 2002, that was a fairly common denomination for silver commems.) Oh well, outside the issuing country those euro collector coins are not legal tender anyway. By the way, Portugal has €8 coins which AFAIK can also be had at face value. About as strange, but again, not made for circulation ... Christian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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