Hello, Is a link available with information on Euro coins? The metals which they are made of, etc. Thank you!
Sure. Here for example ... http://ec.europa.eu/economy_finance/the_euro/notes_coins8790_en.htm (European Commission) http://www.ecb.europa.eu/bc/euro/coins/common/html/index.en.html (European Central Bank) Both sites also provide information about the common sides and the country specific sides. You just have to click your way through. Christian
"Nordic gold" was first used in some Swedish coins. It is somewhat similar to aluminum bronze, but contains more zinc. Its composition is 89% copper, 5% aluminium, 5% zinc, and 1% tin. It contains the same amount of gold as the US "golden dollars" - zero, zilch, nada, none.
Why would anybody seriously expect gold in euro coins that are worth 10, 20, or 50 cent? By the way, the details about the composition can be found in the Council Regulations 975/98 (original) and 423/1999 (updated). See the first two links in the right column of the Commission page ... Christian
Hm just out of curiosity chris, weren't the Europeans adamant that coins are not to be struck in nickel alloy as there are quite a fair number of people that are allergic to nickel? (Or I might be completely wrong about that ...)
That is why the 1, 2, 5, 10, 20 and 50 cent coins do not contain any nickel at all. The bimetallic €1 and €2 coins have a pure nickel core (ie. inside), and as for their outside layers, they are 25% (silverish parts) or 5% (golden parts) nickel. So all in all there is not much nickel in the coins. Christian
There have been still a few cases of allergic problems with 1, 2 and 5 copper cents. But they say it is only possible for people who work all day with them (cashiers, etc...).
You mean they are not GOLD LOL here is quite a nice bit on the 2 euro coin http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/€2_commemorative_coins My latest endevour is the 2 euro commem LOL
Ugh, think twice about that. Do you really want that stickman design 2009, for example, in all the 15 or 16 country specific versions? It is somewhat plain, but that is not even the worst part: If a design wins due to a rigged vote, I don't find that particularly fair. Neat web page BTW but with quite a few flaws ... Christian
I was under the impression that the choice of design for the 2 euro commem was up to individual countries and not one design for all!!
Each country may issue up to one commemorative €2 coin every year, and use its own themes and designs for that. However, if all EU member states that use the euro agree on a common issue, that can be made in addition to the "one per year". See the Treaty of Rome coins last year - the coins have basically the same design, except for country names, languages used and such. Something like that is scheduled for 2009 again, this time commemorating 10 years of the euro (as a currency; the cash came a little later). But Germany for example will also issue another German states commem in that year ... Christian
Thems the ones I will be collecting LOL the individual ones that is, If I like the design for the '10 years of the euro' I might go for that as well. I have decided to go for the 'Treaty' coin as I do like the look of it, but I wont be collecting all the German mint marks, that would be 5 of the same coin I belive LOL I do though want one each of the normal 1 & 2 euro coins and also the same with the expanded map from 2007
Will you like the 2009 "Ten Years Euro/EMU" piece? Umm, well ... http://ec.europa.eu/economy_finance/thematic_articles/article11072_en.htm Not that the other design suggestions were that great (see http://www.muenzblog.de/abstimmung-ueber-2-euro-gemeinschaftsmuenze-2009/) but, like many collectors, I voted for #5, the design with the ten little guys. Now #2, the winner, is nice for a poster or so, but not for a coin with a mintage of possibly 90 million. Also, it is OK of course if some newspaper, website etc. starts a "let's all vote for #2" initiative. But a "viral" campaign, in Greek forums, via e-mail etc., to vote for #2 because it was designed by a Greek? Some of those messages even mentioned the name of the designer - duh, the names and countries of the designers were not public, and not supposed to be revealed until the end of the vote. Ah well, the total number of votes was pretty low anyway, so such campaigns could be successful. I just wonder what the people who did not know or did note care about the contest will say when the coins will actually be issued. As for the German mint marks, right, you would have to get five instead of one to be "complete" in that regard. Well, I don't do that either - one is fine for me. Most euro countries introduced the new reverse (with the updated map) in 2007, but others - e.g. Austria, Italy, Portugal - do it this year. Also note that the Belgian coins got modified obverse designs this year: Same (somewhat dull) design, but they added the country code and mint mark for example. Christian
Thanks Christian that is very helpful :thumb: Basic reason for collecting them is they fit micely into my Bi Metalic collection so make a nice sub set :smile
