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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 2318560, member: 39&quot;]For my own collection, I would not mind getting a non-official set. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; I collect them primarily by design, so if the 1 cent, 2 cent and 5 cent coins for example have the same national side design, I just &quot;need&quot; one. That was important when Andorra issued its first euro coins - six of the eight denominations were available fairly easily, but the 1 ct and 2 ct pieces are very hard to get. So what, my set starts at 5 ct ...</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Great, congrats! Don&#039;t think there will be any new countries in the foreseeable future - the last ones to start issuing coins were Latvia (EU, joined euro area in Jan&#039;2014), Andorra (non-EU, mid-2014), Lithuania (EU, joined euro area in Jan&#039;2015). So we have 23 countries (19 EU member states, plus 4 non-EU) that issue euro coins. Enough to keep me busy. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>And then there are the commemorative €2 coins. Sore subject ... each euro country can issue two per year, and a third one in case of common issues. And once again Monaco is tough. Each of the four non-EU countries has a monetary agreement with the EU that also covers the issue volume and how many coins (in % of the annual volume) have to be issued at face. But that means a percentage of the total figure, not of each issue. So last year Monaco issued a commem, <a href="http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=OJ:JOC_2015_357_R_0002" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=OJ:JOC_2015_357_R_0002" rel="nofollow">mintage 10,000</a> only and proof only, that costs about €800 these days. And no, I do not need that for my collection.</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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