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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 1369, member: 39&quot;]Guess that depends on which forums one frequents ... ;-)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Hmm, I am not quite sure what you mean. Most euro countries regularly make collectors coins - some have only issued one or two this year, others made about thirty in 2002 alone (with France being the most &quot;productive&quot; country in this regard). Some member states (e.g. Greece, Ireland) have not issued any collectors euros yet.</p><p><br /></p><p>A few general remarks about such coins: Euro collectors coins may not have the same face value as &quot;regular&quot; euro coins; that is why you sometimes see odd values such as 1.5 euros. Also, those collectors coins are legal tender in the issuing member state only. (But then again they hardly ever show/ed up &quot;in everyday life&quot; anyway.)</p><p><br /></p><p>And in case you wonder why I always use the term &quot;collectors coins&quot;: According to the official EU terminology, &quot;commemorative coins&quot; are pieces that have the same face value, and the same common side, as regular euro coins while the other side can be different. Such coins will be legal tender throughout Euroland. However, they are not to be issued in the first few years (in order to &quot;avoid confusion&quot;). That is why currently we have collectors coins only ...</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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