Nice one. I have some of that too. It has been a funny story. The Slovenian mint issued a little amount of them, so the collectors went crazy. Later, they approved some more. They appeared on the BU sets, so they prizes got more adjusted. You will be happy that we have some more new €2 commems, and bunch of them are about to come.
@Chrisild : You were really fast :lol: I hope you will like this snapshot : I like this one, I got it last week : Sorry I don't have much time to provide more information right now, but this is a good place to begin (and I insist on that there are a lot about to come) : http://www.ecb.int/bc/euro/coins/comm/html/comm_2008.en.html Edit : I must say I got the first one from the Spanish blog : www.pulifil.es
I'm happy that I got the first eight of the picture, including San Marino. BTW, next week I will go to London, so I also hope to improve my bimetallic collection with some pounds :lol:
At this stage, it cannot get better than that. The Italian coin is not out yet (comes on 10 Dec AFAIK), and the Vatican piece ... don't think that anybody has it yet. But it sure will cost more than a £2 coin that you pick up in London, hehe. Christian
This one just arrived :hug: 2008 Slovinia 2 euros 500th Birthday of Primož Trubar 1508–1586 Profile of Primož Trubar, protestant reformer, the founder and the first superintendent of the Protestant Church of the Slovene Lands, a consolidator of the Slovene language and the author of the first Slovene printed book. Map of the community & Value
So this year you can have two Trubars. He is depicted on the regular €1 circulation coins (very different portrait though) and on this commem. Have that one too ... By the way, I would not call the map on the common sides a "Map of the community". That map, in use since 2007, does not only show the euro community or the European Union, but most of Europe - regardless of whether a country is an EU member state or not. Christian
Thanks for sharing I have been keeping tabs on Your collection. I upload my coins and I see have too. Nice. Cheryl
Quite a few to add today including some interesting pattern's :thumb: 2003 Andora Pattern 5 Euros 12 Stars & 6 horizontal lines in the shape of the euro logo, Ski jumper. Image of Charlamigne surrounded by 12 stars 2004 Bulgaria Pattern 5 Euros 12 Stars & 6 horizontal lines in the shape of the euro logo, Man on horseback over a map of Bulgaria Boxing match Czech Republic Pattern 5 Euros 12 Stars & 6 horizontal lines in the shape of the euro logo, Man on horseback holding a sword, two birds. Prague State Opera house Slovakia Pattern 5 Euros 12 Stars & 6 horizontal lines in the shape of the euro logo, Lady cutting wheat National Theatre in Bratislava Austria 2005 5 Euros Beethoven's euro hymn Old Theater am Kärntnertor. A portrait of Beethoven, opening bars of his 9th symphony Coat of arms of the 9 fedral provinces, value Skiing Snow crystal with a downhill skier Coat of arms of the 9 fedral provinces, value Netherlands 2008 5 Euros The Architecture Portrait of Queen Beatrix constructed using the names of important architects from Dutch history. Books on architecture rise up from the sides of the coin like buildings. Carefuly placed they combine to outline the Netherlands, while birds’ silhouettes suggest the capitals of all the provinces. Portugal 2007 5 Euros European year of equality People arm in arm with the european stars below Portugese coat of arms, value, date 2008 2.5 Euros Fado Musician Mandolin with Portugese coat of arms, value, date Summer Olympics Beijing Globe, Portugese flag above olympic rings. Globe, Portugese coat of arms, value, date Unesco Historical center of Porto Outline of Porto & bridge, Unesco symbol. Outline of Porto, Portugese coat of arms, value, date
That Dutch "Architecture" coin is a great piece indeed. There are two versions of that coin: a silver-coated copper €5 which can be had at face value, and a more expensive €5 silver coin. The latter is also bigger than the clad version but has the same design. As for those "pattern" pieces, well, you will know about this, but for others who are less familiar with euro coins let me add that these are not coins. Nothing wrong with collecting such pieces of course. However, they are not issued or authorized by any government but medals made for collectors. Christian
I've got two sets of everything. One, I bought as sets, and one I'm trying to get from circulation. of the original 12 I"ve gotten everything but Luxembourg and Ireland.I've seen a few Irish here and there, but only one Lux coin. I've seen more Monaco than Lux.
Ah, OK, it was the one mentioned by chrisild ("5 euro commemorative coin pays tribute to the history of Dutch architecture"). You may like this link : http://en.knm.nl/domains/knm/pages/...000000011&navid=11650000000014_11650000000009
Here http://www.cointalk.org/showthread.php?t=43505 is another picture of that coin. And here http://www.cointalk.org/showthread.php?t=42959 is a link to the blog entry of the designer ... Christian
