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Message:: [QUOTE="chrisild, post: 102265, member: 39"]Well, the "beginning" of the euro was on 1-Jan-1999. That is when the euro, as a currency, replaced the old currencies. Since that day, stocks in Euroland have been traded in €, you could transfer money in € etc. But it took three more years until the euro cash was issued and became legal tender. So some countries picked 1999 as the first year to appear on the euro coins while others picked 2002 ... and Monaco is in between. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Production of the coins started in May 1998, by the way. If I was to begin collecting euro coins now, I would leave the three "mini-countries" out. Too expensive, by and large. And next year, or in 2008, there will be some more euro countries anyway, so the collection will get big enough without the three. Side note: Once these new countries (Estonia and Slovenia for example) join Euroland, they will use a new version of the "map" that can be found on the euro coins. The European Council presented the updated design last year - with a map that will simply show Europe, not just the European Union or the EU-15 as the current pieces do. Christian[/QUOTE]