[FAQ] What's on the euro coins
keitha...@bsuk.fsbusiness.co.uk
<hpr...@excite.com> wrote:
>The new euro coins have one common side which is the same in all 12
>participating states, whereas the other side is different in each state.
>Here is a short list of the motives on the euro coins.
>
>
>1. COMMON SIDE
>
>1 euro cent / 2 euro cent / 5 euro cent:
>Material: copper-plated steel
>To the upper left a number indictaing the value. To the lower right the
>picture of a globe with the EU emphasized.
>
>10 euro cent / 20 euro cent / 50 euro cent:
>Material: copper-aluminium-zinc-tin alloy
>To the left a picture of the EU member states as single states. To the
>right a number indicating the value of the coin.
>
>1 euro / 2 euro:
>Material: copper-nickel alloy and nickel-brass alloy
>To the left a number indictaing the value. To the right a picture of the
>EU as a whole.
>
>
>2. INDIVIDUAL SIDES
>
>2.1. AUSTRIA
>
> 1 cent: the gentian
> 2 cent: the edelweiss
> 5 cent: the primrose
>10 cent: St Stephen's cathedral in Vienna
>20 cent: the Belvedere Palace in Vienna
>50 cent: the Secession building in Vienna
> 1 euro: portrait of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
> 2 euro: portrait of Bertha von Suttner
>
>2.2. BELGIUM
>
>all coins: portrait of King Albert II of Belgium
>
>2.3. FINLAND
>
> 1 cent / 2 cent / 5 cent /
>10 cent / 20 cent / 50 cent: the Finnish Coat of Arms (lion)
> 1 euro: swans flying over a lake
> 2 euro: leaves and fruit of the molteberry
>
>2.4. FRANCE
>
> 1 cent / 2 cent / 5 cent: the Marianne
>10 cent / 20 cent / 50 cent: the sower
> 1 euro / 2 euro: the tree of liberty, equality, fraternity
>
>2.5. GERMANY
>
> 1 cent / 2 cent / 5 cent: a twig of oak leaves
>10 cent / 20 cent / 50 cent: the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin
> 1 euro / 2 euro: the German Coat of Arms (eagle)
>
>2.6. GREECE
>
> 1 cent: the Athenean trireme (ancient boat)
> 2 cent: the Corvette (19th century sailboat)
> 5 cent: a modern tanker ship
>10 cent: portrait of Rigas Velestinlis
>20 cent: portrait of Ioannis Kapodistrias
>50 cent: portrait of Eleftherios Venizelos
> 1 euro: old Greek Drachma coin with owl
> 2 euro: Europa and the bull, from a mosaic in Sparta
>
>2.7. IRELAND
>
>all coins: the Irish harp
>
>2.8. ITALY
>
> 1 cent: the Castel del Monte
> 2 cent: the Tower of Antonelli
> 5 cent: the Colosseum in Rome
>10 cent: detail from Botticelli's Birth of the Venus
>20 cent: picture of a sculpture by Umberto Boccioni
>50 cent: picture of the Piazza dek Campidoglio
> 1 euro: Leonardo da Vinci's Uomo vitruviano
> 2 euro: portrait of Dante Alighieri
>
>2.9. LUXEMBOURG
>
> 1 cent / 2 cent: portrait of Grand Duke Henri
> 5 cent / 10 cent / 20 cent / 50 cent: portrait of Grand Duke Henri
> 1 euro / 2 euro: portrait of Grand Duke Henri
> (three different designs)
>
>2.10. MONACO
>
> 1 cent / 2 cent / 5 cent: the Prince's Coat of Arms
>10 cent / 20 cent / 50 cent: the Prince's insignium
> 1 euro: portrait of Princes Rainier III and Albert
> 2 euro: portrait of Prince Rainier III
>
>2.11. THE NETHERLANDS
>
> 1 cent / 2 cent / 5 cent /
>10 cent / 20 cent / 50 cent: portrait of Queen Beatrix
> 1 euro / 2 euro: portrait of Queen Beatrix
> (two different designs)
>
>2.12. PORTUGAL
>
> 1 cent / 2 cent / 5 cent: insignia, castles and coat of arms
>10 cent / 20 cent / 50 cent: insignia, castles and coat of arms
> 1 euro / 2 euro: insignia, castles and coat of arms
> (three different designs)
>
>2.13. SAN MARINO
>
> 1 cent: the tower 'Il Montale' on the Monte Titano
> 2 cent: the statue of Liberty
> 5 cent: the tower 'La Guaita' on the Monte Titano
>10 cent: the Basilica del Santo
>20 cent: portrait of Saint Marinus
>50 cent: the three towers of the Monte Titano
> 1 euro: the Coat of Arms
> 2 euro: the palace of San Marino
>
>2.14. SPAIN
>
> 1 cent / 2 cent / 5 cent: the cathedral of Santaigo de Compostela
>10 cent / 20 cent / 50 cent: portrait of Miguel de Cervantes
> 1 euro / 2 euro: portrait of King Juan Carlos I
>
>2.15. VATICAN
>
>all coins: portrait of Pope John Paul II
>
>-- end --
>
>--
Is there a website with some pictures of these coin designs?
Keith
Bristol
UK
Michiel Erens
>
> On Wed, 02 Jan 2002 19:01:30 +0100, Horst Prillinger
> <hpr...@excite.com> wrote:
>
> >The new euro coins have one common side which is the same in all 12
> >participating states, whereas the other side is different in each
> >state.
> >Here is a short list of the motives on the euro coins.
> Is there a website with some pictures of these coin designs?
>
Not an official site but they are all there :
http://www.just-in-case.tmfweb.nl/eurosite.htm
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keitha...@bsuk.fsbusiness.co.uk
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>keitha...@bsuk.fsbusiness.co.uk wrote:
>>
>> On Wed, 02 Jan 2002 19:01:30 +0100, Horst Prillinger
>> <hpr...@excite.com> wrote:
>>
>> >The new euro coins have one common side which is the same in all 12
>> >participating states, whereas the other side is different in each
>> >state.
>> >Here is a short list of the motives on the euro coins.
>> >[snip long list]
>>
>> Is there a website with some pictures of these coin designs?
>>
>
>Not an official site but they are all there :
> http://www.just-in-case.tmfweb.nl/eurosite.htm
Many thanks
Keith
>--
James Silverton
>
> In article <3c350382...@news.freeserve.net>,
> keitha...@bsuk.fsbusiness.co.uk wrote:
>
> > Is there a website with some pictures of these coin designs?
>
> http://www.euro.ecb.int/
>
>
I have a question on an important use that does not seem covered on the
web site! Given the penchant of the EU Bureaucracy for deciding
everything, which side of a Euro coin is the head and which the tail? I
guess the answer may be obvious in monarchies (g).
Jim.
--
James V. Silverton
Potomac, Maryland.
CBBJ
20 Euro cent coin, there is a face of Cervantes on the back side
or "cara nacional". But the size of Cervantes' face is so small and
covers so small an area that you would NOT confuse this back side
as the "heads" side. I think they may have intentional designed it so
that the "national side" does NOT overshadow the common side even if
it contains the head of a national figure. Mind you, I have only seen
Spanish Euro cent coins and so I can't speak for the other countries.
By the way, the 2 and 5 Euro cent coins do not have a face but rather
depicts some church or cathedral but does not say what it is. Just like
the other coins it only says "Espana" and the year 2000.
Horst Prillinger wrote:
> In article <3C3C6B5E...@erols.com>,
> James Silverton <jim.si...@erols.com> wrote:
>
>
>>I have a question on an important use that does not seem covered on the
>>web site! Given the penchant of the EU Bureaucracy for deciding
>>everything, which side of a Euro coin is the head and which the tail? I
>>guess the answer may be obvious in monarchies (g).
>>
>
> I have no clue, but the "front" side is the common side and the "back"
> side the national one. However, it would make no sense to have the heads
> of famous people not on the "heads" side, would it?
>
> -H
>
>
Lennart Petersen
"James Silverton" <jim.si...@erols.com> skrev i meddelandet
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> I have a question on an important use that does not seem covered on the
> web site! Given the penchant of the EU Bureaucracy for deciding
> everything, which side of a Euro coin is the head and which the tail? I
> guess the answer may be obvious in monarchies (g).
> Jim.
tail.
And furthermore I've seen somewhere the coins aren't equal balanced in the
old way so they are useless for a referee in soccer and other competitions.
Fortunately two kings and two queens just outside the euroland may provide
the right coins.
L.P
José M. Malo
news:a1kquq$9e2$1...@web1.cup.hp.com...
> By the way, the 2 and 5 Euro cent coins do not have a face but rather
> depicts some church or cathedral but does not say what it is. Just like
> the other coins it only says "Espana" and the year 2000.
The Spanish 1, 2 and 5 euro cents coins depict the facade of the Santiago de
Compostela Cathedral. In the national side of *all* Spanish euro coins, the
word "España" appears and the year of its minting too (so, there are four
different complete sets of coins with the years 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2002
engraved).
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