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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 International Year of Family Farming coin

The central part of the coin depicts tools which are typically used in traditional agriculture, together with farming products. There is a chicken in the centre, surrounded by pumpkins, a basket of potatoes, and other vegetables and flowers. On the left side, written in a semi-circle, is the...

The legend of Charlemagne

Legend has it that Emperor Charlemagne was the founder of Andorra in the year 805 and that he granted its inhabitants their own legal status.

The Lithuanian language coin

The design shows the word "AČIŪ" (THANK YOU) – one of the most beautiful words in the Lithuanian language. An original Lithuanian font – created specially on the basis of the Latin font for the occasion of the centenary of the restoration of Lithuanian press – in order to match better the...

The National Anthem of the Grad-Duchy of Luxembourg coin

The coin depicts on the right hand of its inner part the effigy of His Royal Highness, the Grand-Duke Henri, looking to the left, and on the left hand of its inner part the musical notation as well as the text of the national anthem. The text “Ons Heemecht" appears at the top of the inner part and..

The official farewell to the former Queen Beatrix coin

The inner part of the coin depicts the effigies of both the King Willem-Alexander and the former Queen Beatrix. At the left, in semi-circle, the inscription "WILLEM-ALEXANDER KONING DER NEDERLANDEN" and at the right, in semi-circle, the inscription "BEATRIX PRINSES DER NEDERLANDEN". Between the...

e organization of World Games SPECIAL OLYMPICS – ATHENS 2011 coin

The center of the coin shows the emblem of the Games, a radiant sun the source of life that underlines the excellence and power of the athlete that takes part in the Games. Excellence is depicted in the olive branch and power in the spiral form in the center of the sun. Around the image is written..

The rising sun

The coin is dedicated to the history of the Coat of arms of Latvia and features the motif of a rising sun. This motif was originally part of the design proposal for the symbol of the autonomous Latvia, created by artist Ansis Cīrulis in 1917.