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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 204510, member: 39&quot;]Errm, 17?&nbsp; All member states of the European Union that have the euro participate in that program - that will be 13. The three non-members (MC, SM, VA) do not issue those coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>The official date of issue is 25 March (the Treaty of Rome 50th anniversary) but since that is a Sunday, most of the pieces will be available one day later. The German coins <a href="http://www.ecb.eu/bc/euro/coins/comm/shared/img/comm_2007_de.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ecb.eu/bc/euro/coins/comm/shared/img/comm_2007_de.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://www.ecb.eu/bc/euro/coins/comm/shared/img/comm_2007_de.jpg</a> will actually be available on that Sunday ... but only at a coin show in Stuttgart where the Numismatic Office is one of the exhibitors.</p><p><br /></p><p>The ECB has some images here - switch to a different language to see other country/language versions.</p><p><a href="http://www.ecb.int/bc/euro/coins/comm/html/comm_2007.en.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ecb.int/bc/euro/coins/comm/html/comm_2007.en.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.ecb.int/bc/euro/coins/comm/html/comm_2007.en.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>In addition to the 13, Cyprus and Hungary (EU members but not euro countries) also issue coins with the common design.</p><p>(Cyprus) <a href="http://www.centralbank.gov.cy/media/pdf/CEANE_TreatyofRome_photos.pdf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.centralbank.gov.cy/media/pdf/CEANE_TreatyofRome_photos.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://www.centralbank.gov.cy/media/pdf/CEANE_TreatyofRome_photos.pdf</a></p><p>(Hungary) <a href="http://www.penzvero.hu/actimgview?59" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.penzvero.hu/actimgview?59" rel="nofollow">http://www.penzvero.hu/actimgview?59</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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