I have been going through some world coins I bought. I found a coin from Andorra but that country is not in my book. Does anyone know why or am I missing something? I found the coin on the NGC world coin guide online.
Andorra really didn't have a circulating coinage of its own-- before the Euro, both the Spanish Peseta and French Franc circulated in the country. Today, the Euro is the de facto currency.
andorra has issued "commemorative" coins for the past 20 years in the centim values, but as already stated the everyday currency is the euro.
Yes, Andorra is a tiny country nestled between France & Spain in the Pyranees mountain range. It is not allowed (currently) to issue its own €uros, but as stated, its de facto currency is now the € (though with all its prevailing problems, that's probably a bad thing!).
as a side issue andorra is the largest producer of tobacco in europe, and one of the most beautiful countries on earth.
not necessarily. 3rd parties have made variious small coins over the years. i sell a low-cost set of 4 coin types from one source.
the only bona fide issues are all commemoratives, anyone can make a set of coins for any country on earth but they will still not be the real mc coy, i have been to andorra many times skiing, and trust me they do not have any circulating coins other than french or spanish euro's.....
right. these do not circulate, but the government did give its permission for their production, and Krause does list them, so they are NCLT.
as a collector of only genuine circulating issues i pay little or no attention to NCLT, i have one adorran commemorative coin in my collection for the FAO which i purchased from the bank of andorra just to fill the gap for this country. however look at this note from the spanish civil war period which i can assure you is a genuine circulating andorra bank note.............from my own collection.
As the scene and the inscription suggest, that is a FAO piece; many countries have issued coins with Food/Agriculture related themes. As for Andorra, the country does not actually issue coins at this time. The "diner" and "centim" pieces are issued by the bishop of Urgell. Christian
Why French and Spanish only? Actually they use euro coins and notes from any euro area country - mostly from their direct neighbors, sure, but I have spent and received pieces from elsewhere in Andorra too. Side note: As from July 2013, Andorra will issue euro coins based on a monetary agreement which is similar to what the EU has with San Marino, Vatican and Monaco. Until then, it makes sense to not list the country in a catalog about circulation coins. Christian
christian i said french and spanish as they are the most prevelent, that said how much longer do you think the euro will last? i'll give it another 3 years and then it will start to disintegrate.
Who knows. If it was up to the Anglo-Saxon world, the euro would have died before it was born. It all depends on whether the local governments here finally recognize that you cannot have a currency union without further economic integration, and act accordingly. If that does not happen relatively soon, it does not make much sense to keep the euro (which I would find regrettable - I basically believe that our currency union has many more positive than negative effects). But does it make sense to cancel such agreements (European Union and Andorra) simply because we do not know yet where the euro will be in a couple of years? Also, the agreements were primarily about taxation and banking issues - guess that the right to issue euro coins was rather a nice add-on ... Christian
Hello been following this forum here is my first post. When i was in europe i managed to get few coins from Andorra, San Marino, France etc. Andorra has some pretty nice coins. One of coins from collection:
