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Commemorative coins

Euro coins intended for circulation have legal tender status throughout the euro area. For the purpose of informing the public and all parties who handle the coins, the Commission publishes a description of the designs of all new coins.

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The design shows 10 flying swallows which form a circle. At the lower half, in semi-circle, the inscription "10 LET SKUPNE EVROPSKE VALUTE". At the top left the inscription "SLOVENIJA 2017". Between the inscription is engraved a dot.

The 150th anniversary of the birth of artist Akseli Gallen-Kallela coin

On the top of the design there is a swimming swan of Tuonela. The water below the swan is waving from the descending spirit. The indication of the issuing country "FI" is at the right end of the horizon line. At the bottom of the design there is the artist's palette with Gallen-Kallela's year of...

The 150th anniversary of the birth of composer Jean Sibelius coin

At the inner part of the coin is sky with stars, tree tops at the right. The text "JEAN SIBELIUS" and the year of issuance "2015" are placed at the left inner part of the coin. At the right is the indication of the issuing country "FI" and the mint mark. The coin’s outer ring depicts the 12 stars...

The 150th anniversary of the birth of Josip Plemelj

The design displays parts of the equation that Josip Plemelj solved as a first person in the world. Numbers and symbols rotate on circumferences that depict planet rotation, movement in space, as well as composing individual unsolvable elements into whole.

Finnish euro coin for the 150th anniversary of the birth of the artist Helene Schjerfbeck

The design shows a stylised self portrait of the artist with the text Helene SCHJERFBECK on the left and the yearmarks 1862-1946 on the right. Left on the lower side of the coin are the yearmark 2012 and the country's reference FI. The coin’s outer ring depicts the 12 stars of the European flag.

The 150th anniversary of the foundation of Monte Carlo by Charles III coin

The design shows CHARLES III within the background MONTE CARLO. At the top is the name of the issuing country "MONACO" flanked by the mint mark and the mint master mark. At the bottom, in semi-circle from left to right is the inscription "1866 CHARLES III FONDE MONTE CARLO 2016".

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The design shows on the left hand the effigy of His Royal Highness, the Grand-Duke Henri, looking to the right. At the right hand of the design are depicted the year-dates “1868-2018” as well as the text "150 ans". Below the effigy of the Grand-Duke appear the text "Constitution du Grand-Duché de..

The 150th anniversary of the unification of Italy coin

The inner part of the coin shows, at the centre, three Italian flags in the wind, representing the three past 50th anniversaries - 1911, 1961 and 2011. This illustrates a perfect link between generations and is the logo of the 150th anniversary of the unification of Italy.