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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 1027089, member: 39&quot;]Ha, euro coins I know very well. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> No, Greece was not a euro area member in 1999 - the country joined &quot;Euroland&quot; on 1-Jan-2001. This €2 commem was issued by <b>all</b> euro area member states, to commemorate ten years of the euro/EMU. See here: <a href="http://ec.europa.eu/economy_finance/euro/cash/commemorative/10years_emu_en.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://ec.europa.eu/economy_finance/euro/cash/commemorative/10years_emu_en.htm" rel="nofollow">http://ec.europa.eu/economy_finance/euro/cash/commemorative/10years_emu_en.htm</a></p><p><br /></p><p>However, the designer of that coin is from Greece. Georgios Stamatopoulos, who also designed the Greek circulation coins, participated in the design contest. Officially nobody knew during the vote who made the partipicating designs. He won the public vote; unfortunately that vote was heavily influenced by a web campaign in Greece to &quot;vote for the Greek design&quot; ...</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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