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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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World Year of Physics 2005 coin

This coin features a representation of Galileo Galilei used as an allegory of ‘Old Physics’ (Fisica antica). 2005 was chosen as the World Year of Physics because it marked the 100th anniversary of Albert Einstein's ‘miraculous year’ in which he published three important papers describing ideas...

Portugal - World Youth Day

The World Youth Day (WYD) was held in Lisbon in august 2023.

Year for Priests coin

The coin marks the Year for Priests, declared by Pope Benedict XVI for the period of 19 June 2009 to 19 June 2010 and concluding with an international gathering of priests with the pope. The coin features a shepherd drawing a lamb from a lion’s mouth.