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<p>[QUOTE="chrisild, post: 452351, member: 39"]Those two also made it into my collection. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> For people who are not familiar with euro coins: The €2 pieces are commemorative coins, and legal tender throughout the area just like the regular circulation pieces. That €3 piece is a regional collector coin, legal tender in the issuing member state only; those hardly ever occur in the wild.</p><p><br /></p><p>Design wise, I like the piece from Slovenia better. When I first read that the French EU Presidency commem would be designed by the famous Philippe Starck, I was really curious. When I saw the first pictures of the design, it was like, oh well. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://boutique.monnaiedeparis.fr/intershoproot/eCS/Store/imgprod/produit/verso/10041251760000.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="chrisild, post: 452351, member: 39"]Those two also made it into my collection. :) For people who are not familiar with euro coins: The €2 pieces are commemorative coins, and legal tender throughout the area just like the regular circulation pieces. That €3 piece is a regional collector coin, legal tender in the issuing member state only; those hardly ever occur in the wild. Design wise, I like the piece from Slovenia better. When I first read that the French EU Presidency commem would be designed by the famous Philippe Starck, I was really curious. When I saw the first pictures of the design, it was like, oh well. ;) [img]http://boutique.monnaiedeparis.fr/intershoproot/eCS/Store/imgprod/produit/verso/10041251760000.jpg[/img] Christian[/QUOTE]
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