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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 47354, member: 39&quot;]Wrong. They have been struck to make money. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>First, the companies that made and make such pieces know very well that some of these countries do not plan to issue euro coins, and others are not even EU members. But sure, why not produce such things as long as there are enough collectors who will buy anything that vaguely resembles a euro coin ...</p><p><br /></p><p>And then, contrary to what many of those medals suggest, euro coins do not have symbols of a single member state on the common side. Of course some look nice - but that applies to many other privately issued medals too.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a web site that has many pictures of such pieces:</p><p><a href="http://ret001qm.eresmas.net/eu-ingle.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://ret001qm.eresmas.net/eu-ingle.htm" rel="nofollow">http://ret001qm.eresmas.net/eu-ingle.htm</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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