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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 2199179, member: 39&quot;]With regard to euro coins, it&#039;s quite simple. Each coin is issued by a euro area member state, but the circulation coins and the €2 commems are legal tender throughout the currency union. (Collector coins, usually silver/gold, are a different matter but they are not actually used for payments anyway.) The country specific side is considered to be the obverse by the way, but &quot;common side&quot; and &quot;national side&quot; are more frequently used terms.</p><p><br /></p><p>So the point is that (contrary to euro notes) euro coins are issued by, and can easily be assigned to, single member states. As for colonial coins, some do collect them as part of some &quot;parent country&quot; collection, others don&#039;t. The important difference, in my opinion, whether such colonial/territorial coins are issued for circulation in that territory only. Take Portugal - I would not have Moçambique or Macau coins in a Portugal collection, or maybe in a special section.</p><p><br /></p><p>With coins from Austria-Hungary things are a little different. Part of the problem is that catalog authors and others may be tempted to use today&#039;s categories. The &quot;double monarchy&quot; that ceased to exist at the end of WW1 covered several countries, not just present day Austria or Hungary ...</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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