Private pattern Euros.

Isn't that a summary from a website entitled "Save Palestine Now?"

Do you think they would have a bias? How about a direct link to the UN statement so we can make our own judgements.

Will Palestine be issuing their own coinage in the near future as they become more and more independent? Why haven't they done this yet? They already have their own postage?

 

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http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/UN/unga3379.html

The PA can mint coins if they want, nobody would stop them.

 

On October 13 , 1999 the Israeli central bank commissioner and Israeli former PM Ehud Baraq , both said that they will not oppose a coin minting by the Palestinazi Authority, but the PA murderes still want to kling to the Israeli New Sheqel rather than having their own currency, so they will be able to work in Israel and such the blood of the Israeli population.

 

But getting back to the original topic. While there were plenty of euro "notegeld" produced by localities for practice purposes, and a few countries produced euro denominated coins as commemeratives, no genuine pattern coins have been produced since 1999.

Except maybe in Estonia.

 

Actually Estonia was one of the countries where the government complained about such pseudo-euros. Here is a forbes.com article from January 2004 about this:

http://www.forbes.com/work/feeds/ap/2004/10/01/ap1570296.html

Since the article is not brand new, let me add that the Estonian euro designs have been chosen. But I don't think any officially approved test pieces have been issued there.

Christian

 

Christian,can you please post some pictures of the Estonian Euro coin designs?

Aidan.

 

They are not that thrilling, I am afraid ... Here is the central bank's website about the 2004 design competition: http://www.eestipank.info/pub/en/majandus/euroopaliit/euro/kavand/

The winning design is number 4, by Lembit Lõhmus ("hara 2"), basically a map of Estonia for all eight denominations. JFTR, this is what the Estonian euro and cent coins will look like, not private pattern pieces. Then again, Estonia will not be in Euroland until 2010-2012 or so. So who knows, maybe there will be another design competition.

Christian