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<p>[QUOTE="chrisild, post: 2411411, member: 39"]Don't worry, you are not alone. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> The designs from Slovenia look a little "messy" anyway because the designers put the country name in the circle of stars on the ring. Today the twelve stars from the <a href="http://europa.eu/about-eu/basic-information/symbols/images/flag_yellow_low.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://europa.eu/about-eu/basic-information/symbols/images/flag_yellow_low.jpg" rel="nofollow">European Flag</a> are supposed to appear on the coins as they appear on the flag. But as you can see on the coins from various member states, that was not mandatory in the early years.* The coins from Slovenia should, like the others, have a "twelve o'clock star" at the very top. In the case of the 10 cent coin, that would be the star above the S in "svobode" ... But the <a href="http://www.bsi.si/ekonomska-in-monetarna-unija.asp?MapaId=898" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.bsi.si/ekonomska-in-monetarna-unija.asp?MapaId=898" rel="nofollow">central bank</a> of Slovenia depicts the coins the way you do, hehe.</p><p><br /></p><p>* Today the designs from Luxembourg and the Netherlands that you show above would not be OK; neither are the Austrian designs (repetition of the face value) and the German ones (no country identifier). Ah well, the member states have some time for "fixing" the wrong designs - the deadline is 20 June 2062. (No, that is not a typo. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> )</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="chrisild, post: 2411411, member: 39"]Don't worry, you are not alone. :) The designs from Slovenia look a little "messy" anyway because the designers put the country name in the circle of stars on the ring. Today the twelve stars from the [URL='http://europa.eu/about-eu/basic-information/symbols/images/flag_yellow_low.jpg']European Flag[/URL] are supposed to appear on the coins as they appear on the flag. But as you can see on the coins from various member states, that was not mandatory in the early years.* The coins from Slovenia should, like the others, have a "twelve o'clock star" at the very top. In the case of the 10 cent coin, that would be the star above the S in "svobode" ... But the [URL='http://www.bsi.si/ekonomska-in-monetarna-unija.asp?MapaId=898']central bank[/URL] of Slovenia depicts the coins the way you do, hehe. * Today the designs from Luxembourg and the Netherlands that you show above would not be OK; neither are the Austrian designs (repetition of the face value) and the German ones (no country identifier). Ah well, the member states have some time for "fixing" the wrong designs - the deadline is 20 June 2062. (No, that is not a typo. ;) ) Christian[/QUOTE]
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