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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 3326296, member: 39&quot;]That 2009 coin which commemorates the 10th anniversary of the introduction of the euro as a currency (and for non-cash payments) was a joint issue again. That is, each euro area member state issued such a piece. Back then that meant 16 countries. All coins have the same design* but differ with regard to the language of the inscription. The design was picked in a public vote, with the names of the designers initially being secret. Unfortunately the info that this &quot;stickman&quot; design had been done by Georgios Stamatopoulos of the Greek Mint somehow became public before the end of the vote, and a campaign among some Greek began to support that design.</p><p><br /></p><p>So ultimately of the 115,000 valid votes about 41% went to this design. Stamatopoulos&#039; idea was that the stickman looks like a 1 while the euro symbol combined with the right edge of the irregular background resembles a 0, thus you get a &quot;10&quot; for the 10 years. What the stickman and the background (which reminds of an ancient coin shape) have to do with the occasion - don&#039;t ask me. Better yet, don&#039;t ask anybody. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; The common issue that came three years later and commemorated 10 years of the euro cash makes some sense at least, hehe.</p><p><br /></p><p>* Side note: In Luxembourg the grand duke (head of state) insists on being depicted on every coin, so the pieces from LU all have his portrait as a latent image &quot;built into&quot; the common design. That was done in 2007 (Treaty of Rome), 2009 (Currency Union), 2012 (Euro Cash) and 2015 (European Flag).</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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