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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 2509185, member: 39&quot;]We have the circulation coins (eight denominations) plus the commemorative coins (€2), and those are legal tender in the entire euro area. As for those country-specific collector coins, sure, such issues defeat the purpose of a joint currency. Then again, <a href="http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2012:201:0135:0137:EN:PDF" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2012:201:0135:0137:EN:PDF" rel="nofollow">EU law</a> says that: &quot;Collector coins shall have the status of legal tender only in the issuing Member State.&quot; And also: &quot;Member States shall take all appropriate measures to discourage the use of collector coins as a means of payment.&quot; (Article 5) So in everyday life, who cares about those oddball pieces ... <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Doing away with the 1 and 2 cent coins, well, I support the idea. I am in the Netherlands (half an hour from here) fairly often, and cash totals are rounded there so that the low denominations are not needed. Other &quot;rounding&quot; countries are Belgium, Finland, and Ireland. Sure, would be nice if that applied in the entire euro area. Maybe at some later point</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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