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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 50th anniversary of the signing of the German-French Friendship Treaty coin

The coin, which was designed by Yves Sampo of the Monnaie de Paris, Stefanie Lindner of the Berlin State Mint, Alina Hoyer (Berlin) and Sneschana Russewa-Hoyer (Berlin), depicts stylised portraits of the Élysée Treaty’s signatories (the then-Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany Konrad...

The 50th anniversary of the signing of the German-French Friendship Treaty coin

The coin, which was designed by Yves Sampo of the Monnaie de Paris, Stefanie Lindner of the Berlin State Mint, Alina Hoyer (Berlin) and Sneschana Russewa-Hoyer (Berlin), depicts stylised portraits of the Élysée Treaty’s signatories (the then-Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany Konrad...

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The design shows on the right hand the effigy of His Royal Highness, the Grand-Duke Henri, looking to the right and on the left hand the text "50 Joer Fräiwëllegen-Arméi" composed as logo. At the top of the design is depicted the year-date “2017”, flanked by the mintmark and the initials of the...

The 50th anniversary of Willy Brandt’s Kniefall von Warschau

The design shows Brandt, who was the chancellor of Germany at that time, keeling before the Monument to the Ghetto Heroes in Warsaw in a gesture of humility. Yhe Warsaw Ghetto Uprising of 1943 is evoked by the composition’s powerful imagery. Traced in extremely fine relief, the design pictures...

The 550th anniversary of the birth of Albrecht Dürer

The design depicts the Virgin Mary with Baby Jesus, detail of the painting “Madonna with Child” by Albrecht Dürer, kept in the Uffizi Galleries (Florence). At the left is the inscription “SAN MARINO” and the mintmark “R”. At the top right is the monogram “AD” with the initials of Albrecht Dürer...

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The design shows the figure of a teacher and two students positioned before the facade of the building of the former Universitas Istropolitana in Bratislava. In the upper left of the design is a medallion of King Matthias Corvinus, the founder of the university. Above the medallion is the...

The 600th anniversary of the crowning of Barbara Celjska coin

The central image of the coin shows, with lined pattern, the portrait of the Queen Barbara of Celje with her sceptre. On the image are placed three typical six-pointed stars of Celje counts. On the left side of the portrait is the inscription “SLOVENIJA” and on the right side the inscription...