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Irland BU folder 2006 The BU folder 2006 for Irland can be ordered here. |
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Contest for the €uros of Slovakia The Central Bank of Slovakia, launches a contest for the design of their future euros on this page. The winner is number 1 with near a quarter of the votes. |
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Commemorative Italy 2005 You can find here the design for the commemorative 2005 from Italy. |
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Slovenian €uros The Central Bank of Slovenia and the Minister for Finance announce that the €uro will become the legal tender to the 1st of January 2007. The official statement is here, and the design of the coins is here. |
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Contest for the €uros of Cyprus The Central Bank of Cyprus, launches a contest for the design of their future euros. You'll find, here the official statement. |
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Change of the common faces The common faces of the coins of 1 and 2 euros has to change in the next years because of the enlargment of Europe to 25. The chart which is currently reproduced on the common faces of these coins represents only Europe of the 15, such as it existed at the time of the design of the coins in 1999, for the 12 Member States of the euro. The decision to modify this common face was made by the brought together Ministers for the 25 on May 13, 2005 in Brussels.It is the Luxembourg Minister for Finance, Jean-Claude Juncker who made share of information, at the end of a meeting with its counterparts of the other European governments. The change is planned for the introduction of the euro into the new countries entering the zone euro, that is to say, as soon as possible at January first, 2007. The new common faces could not be satisfied to alter the chart currently existing. The Union could also decide of a new design which is not based on geographical criteria, or on imaginary elements, like the bridges and the windows of the notes. |
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Estimated dates of adoption of the €uro Cyprus 2007, Estonia 2007, Hungary 2007, Lithuania 2007, Poland 2007, Czech Republic 2007, Slovenia 2007.Latvia 2008, Malta 2008. Slovakia 2009. Moreover, The Monnaie Royale of Belgium have received requests for new Member States of the European Union, eager to entrust the manufacture of the coins to him once that they will have joined the euro zone. |
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Future Lithuanian €uros You can find the project of the Lithuanian euros on this page. |
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Andorran €uros ? A future small country for our collections ? The European Commission received a request from the Council of Ministers of Andorra for authorization to mint their own euros, in exchange of a tax on the saving of the European nationals which must be ratified locally in April 2005. The agreement of the European Commission was published in the Official Journal JO L359 of the 12/04/2004. Andorra hopes to be able to mint the same quantity of euros as San Marin from 2006. While waiting for the monetary transfer of competence between Spain and Andorra, it has had there no new currency left for several months and no plan of mintage for the future. |
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Future Estonian €uros, and the winner is ... December 15, 2004, the winner of the vote subjected to the Estonian population was declared. It acts of number 4 with more of the quarter of the votes. You can find on this page the results, on this page the fabulous design of these coins. What a monotony ! There was better. (personal opinion)You will find on this page the design of the euros of Estonia, which was subjected to the vote of the population. |
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Very low denomination €uro banknotes November 18, 2004, after careful consideration, the Governing Council of the ECB has decided not to revise the earlier decision on the denominations of the euro banknotes and consequently not to issue €1 or €2 banknotes. The official statement is here. |
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Rounded prices to 5 cents After Finland since 2002, the Netherlands in September 2004 and Belgium where a decision could not delay, Germany in its turn, studies the possibility of rounding its invoices with 5 cents closest. Thus reserving the use of the 1 and 2 cents to the only collectors.On his side, the governor of the Banque de France, indicated that the coppered coins would not disappear from circulation in France. |