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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 1122747, member: 39&quot;]Production of the euro coins started in May 1998 (Pessac, FR). The next countries to begin with the production were Germany, Belgium, Italy, Finland, Austria and the Netherlands - they all began making them in 1998. On 1 January 1999 the euro was &quot;launched&quot; as a currency, and on 1 January 2002 the euro cash became legal tender.</p><p><br /></p><p>In 2007 we had a series of €2 coins that commemorated the 50th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome - even though some of the issuing countries had not been members of the European Communities in 1957. But of course they took part. So it makes some sense to have this common issue next year.</p><p><br /></p><p>From a collector&#039;s point of view that will of course mean 17 extra pieces (or more, depending on how you collect). And some of these will have relatively low mintages. But that would also apply to other common issues ...</p><p><br /></p><p>By the way, at the press conference shortly after the Council meeting in January, Jean-Claude Juncker made some ironic comments about the piece. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://video.consilium.europa.eu/index.php?sessionno=3274" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://video.consilium.europa.eu/index.php?sessionno=3274" rel="nofollow">http://video.consilium.europa.eu/index.php?sessionno=3274</a></p><p>(Takes a few seconds until he actually starts talking.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Had anybody asked, I would have suggested to combine two anniversaries with this coin: 20 years of the Maastricht Treaty (the legal fundament of the euro so to say) and 10 years legal tender. Ah well, they did not ask me for my opinion ...</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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