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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 711008, member: 39&quot;]Side note: Production of the euro coins began in mid-1998, see <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/t73765/#post710051" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/t73765/#post710051">http://www.cointalk.com/t73765/#post710051</a> It&#039;s just that some member states picked 1999 as the first year to appear on the pieces, as 1-Jan-99 was when the euro was launched as a currency; and others picked 2002, as 1-Jan-02 was when the cash became legal tender.</p><p><br /></p><p>Another interesting thing, when it comes to dates on coins, are the Spanish pieces minted until about 25 years ago (see post #4). They used to have an easily visible year which was the authorization date so to say; the actual production year appeared in tiny digits only. That changed in 1982 ...</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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