Here's a section that will be right up Vito's street.It is about the Slovenian Euro coins,which I am sure that most of you Euro coin collectors haven't got. Aidan.
Of course I have them. Actually one mint set and also the eight loose coins. Very nice designs, all of them. http://www.ecb.int/bc/euro/coins/html/sl.en.html Well, the €1 coin looks a little too "full" IMO but the others are neat. And the fact that they picked eight different designs for the eight denominations is a big plus anyway. (The only other euro countries that did that are Greece, Italy and San Marino.) I particularly like the Sower (5 cent) and Mt Triglav (50 cent) designs ... Christian
Christian,I have noticed that the Slovenian Euro coins are using a totally different reverse design to the other countries,as it shows the 3 Scandinavian countries in a much better perspective.It will be interesting to see which countries will end up using the new reverse. I like the obverses on the 50 Euro-Cents,& the 1 Euro-Cent coins. Austria also used 8 different obverse designs as well. Aidan.
All of them. In 2005 the EU Council decided that the circulation coins should be updated to reflect the 2004 enlargement. But in order to avoid having to update the "map" every time a new member state joins the EU, they ultimately voted for a geographic rather than political map. Most member states started using the new map this year; the others will follow next year. In some countries 2007 will be "mixed", map wise, since the €2 Treaty of Rome commems for example will all have the new reverse. Note that the 1 cent, 2 cent and 5 cent coins were not updated since they show "Europe in the world" anyway. Oops, right - I forgot ... :whistle: Christian
Christian,it would be cool if Ireland was one of the countries using both reverses on this year's coins,then I would have to get both reverse types,plus the Treaty of Rome commemorative for my collection. Have you emailed the Slovenian Euro coin photos off to Krause? They will have to list these. Aidan.
Sorry, but ... "This set features the 8 circulating Irish euro coins dated 2007. The 2007 coins feature the updated map of Europe on the common face of the euro coins." http://www.centralbank.ie/frame_main.asp?pg=ncn_comm.asp&nv=ncn_nav.asp Actually this term "mixed" may have been misleading. What I meant is: * one group of countries "switched over" to the new map this year, * another one will do so in 2008 (that is the "deadline"), * and a third one makes several denominations or issues with the old maps and others with the new one. There won't be mixed types in the sense of, say, "Italy 10 cent 2007 old type" and "Italy 10 cent 2007 new type". Fortunately, I might add - this year will be a little costly for euro collectors anyway. And I am pretty darn sure that the Krause editors know about the Slovenian euro coins. Christian
Christian,that is a very odd denomination for a silver commemorative Euro coin - 15 Euros.That Ivan Mestrovic commemorative medal-coin will be extremely popular,& will sell out pretty fast. Aidan.
About as odd as €1.50 (FR) or €8 (PT) or €12 (ES), yes. Well, those collector coins are - contrary to the "actual" coins - not even legal tender outside the issuing country. They are made for collectors, not for circulation. But I agree, despite the high price of €40 many will want it - partly because of the design, partly because it is a "joint" issue with two basically identical designs. As for the Slovenian euro coins, it is a pity that (due to the relatively low mintage figures) these pieces will not show up in circulation that much. Sure, in Slovenia they do - but I wonder how many I will see "in the wild" here in Germany, and how many make it to, say, Finland or Ireland ... Christian
Christian,so it seems that the Slovenian Euro coins could be quite a scarce series in the same league as the Monegasque Euro coins. I can guess that someone has probably reported the Irish silver 15 Euros to Krause.If not,then here's an email address; michaelt@krause.com . Aidan.
Relatively scarce, yes, but certainly not as scarce as those from Monaco. Slovenia has a population of about 2 million; MC has a little more than 30,000 ... Also, since Monaco is a euro country only by having a currency agreement, it cannot issue more than 1/500 of what France issues per year. (That agreement is even worse than what SM and VA have - they have absolute figures, not relative ones.) I don't really expect to get a Monegasque euro in change in DE/NL but I do hope that the Triglav or the Lipica horses make it over here. Christian
For anyone interested,you can get a full 8-coin BU set of the new Slovenian Euros from Joel's Coins for $12. I just did. http://www.joelscoins.com/euro2.htm
Does anyone know if there are any Slovenian medal-coins that are denominated higher than 2 Euros? Aidan.
