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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 2343250, member: 39&quot;]Well, the euro changeover was a process that, in all countries of the currency union, took several years. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; Germany was indeed one of the founding members when the euro was &quot;born&quot; (1-Jan-1999). Production of the euro and cent coins began in mid-1998. The government decided to use 2002 as the earliest date on the euro coins though (which is when the euro cash became legal tender) while others, such as France, picked 1999.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>As micbraun wrote, we had plenty of mark and pfennig coins in the late 1990s. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; So in the mid-90s the government decided to not mint any new pieces as from 1997, except those for collectors. Had the &quot;euro schedule&quot; been modified for some reason, they could have easily made a couple more DM coins. But that was not necessary, and so ...</p><p><br /></p><p>As for German pre-euro coins, yes, prices have gone down. Maybe some &quot;out of sight, out of mind&quot; type of effect, don&#039;t know.</p><p><br /></p><p>And yes, the circulation coins are made according to demand. For example, in 2007 Germany started using the &quot;new map&quot; reverse - but no 10 cent, 50 cent or 1 euro coins with that design have been minted for circulation so far, just for sets. Germany is still a pretty cash oriented country, but even here we don&#039;t need that many, it seems.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Maybe because he does exactly that, while Erhard and Brandt look at you (frontal portrait)? Politically you should have Erhard and Strauß together. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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