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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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Monaco 2023

The design represents a sunflower, which is one of the national symbols of Ukraine, as Ukraine is one of the biggest sunflower oil producers and exporters worldwide. Since the start of the war in Ukraine, the sunflower has become a global symbol for peace.

UNESCO - Toledo

The design depicts a view of the Puerta de Sol and a detail of the ‘La Sinagoga del Tránsito’,both buildings built in the fourteenth century in Mudejar style. On the left hand and in capital letters the word ‘ESPAÑA’and the year of minting ‘2021’. At the top on the right hand the mintmark.

UNESCO Cultural Heritage - Kryžių Kalnas (the Hill of Crosses)

The design depicts the Hill of Crosses: fragments of wooden and forged crosses, symbolising Lithuanian cross-crafting and folk culture. Cross-crafting and cross-symbolism in Lithuania are included in the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. The inscriptions...

Unesco World Heritage Site – pre-historic temples of Skorba

The design features Skorba, a prehistoric temple located near the hamlet of Zebbiegh, in thenorthwest of Malta. The complex consists of two temples built side by side. These were built on a much older settlementremains of which were discovered outside the temple complex. Skorba lacks the...

Unesco World Heritage Site – pre-historic temples of Ta’ Haġrat

The design features Ta’ Haġrat, a prehistoric temple located in Mġarr, a small village in thenorthwest of Malta. The temple consists of two structures the largest of which dates to around 3 600-3 200 BC. This temple has a monumental doorway, which is its most distinctive characteristic. The...

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The coin depicts the prehistoric temples of Hagar Qim. At the top right the inscriptions "HAGAR QIM", "TEMPLES" and the years "3600-3200 BC" one under the other. At the bottom left the name of the country of issuance "MALTA" and underneath the year of issuance "2017". At the bottom right the...

UNESCO: Cáceres

The Old Town of Cáceres is an urban ensemble located in the Autonomous Community of Extremadura in the west of the Iberian Peninsula.

UNESCO: Garajonay National Park

The Garajonay National Park is situated in the middle of the island of La Gomera in the Canary Islands archipelago, was registered on the World Heritage Sites list for being an outstanding well-preserved example of laurisilva (Laurel forest), an exceptional ecosystem of the living remnant of the old

UNESCO: Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum

The design shows a detail of the prehistoric site. At the top left is the name of the issuing country “MALTA” and underneath the year of issuance “2022”.

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The City of Santiago de Compostela was declared World Cultural Heritage by UNESCO in 1985, considering its urban beauty and monumental integrity added to the deep echoes of its spiritual and cultural significance of the Middle Ages: the Camino de Santiago Pilgrimage.The Camino de Santiago (The Way..

Unesco's World Cultural and Natural Heritage Sites – Cave of Altamira coin

In the foreground, the design depicts the bison painting from the Cave of Altamira located in Cantabria. In the upper side of the image, in circular sense and with capital letters, the word 'ESPANA', at the bottom the year of issuance '2015' and at the right the mint mark. The coin’s outer ring...

UNESCO's World Cultural and Natural Heritage Sites – Park Guell coin

In the foreground, the coin depicts a lizard sculpture which is the Park Güell emblem and which was designed by the architect Antoni Gaudí. In the background, there is the image of one of the pavilions situated at the Park Güell entrance. At the top, in circular sense and in capital letters are...

UNESCO's World Heritage List - San Lorenzo del Escorial Monastery coin

The coin 2013 issue will portray a view of San Lorenzo del Escorial Monastery. In the coin obverse, in the center, there is a San Lorenzo del Escorial view; in the upper side of the image, in circular sense and with capital letters the word ESPAÑA and at the right two lines with the mint year 2013..

UNESCO’s Man and the Biosphere Programme - Žuvintas Biosphere Reserve

The design depicts the characteristic surroundings of Žuvintas Biosphere Reserve, which belongs to the World Network of Biosphere Reserves of UNESCO’s Man and the Biosphere Programme: remote islands of a unique bird lake and Lithuania’s largest wetland as well as its distinctive animals. In the...