2 euro EUROPEAN UNION

diameter:	weight:	thickness:	alloy:
25.75 mm	8.5 g	2.22 mm	Cu₇₅Ni₂₅/Cu₇₅Zn₂₀Ni₅

national side:

different for each country of the euro zone

common side until 2007:

left from the centre face value: 2, on the right inscription: EURO; in the background of the inscription a simplified map of Europe showing borders of countries - members of the EU in 1999; in the background of the map vertically six parallel lines ending on both sides with five-pointed stars

common side from 2007:

left from the centre face value: 2, on the right inscription: EURO; in the background of the inscription a map of Europe; in the background of the map vertically six parallel lines ending on both sides with five-pointed stars

edge:

reeded with a concave inscription different for different countries of the euro zone

Austria
Belgium
Cyprus
Estonia
Finland		standard coinage
Finland		comm. (60 Years of UN 2005)
Finland		comm. (Treaty of Rome 2007)
Finland		comm. (10 Years of EMU 2009)
France
Germany
Greece
Italy
Ireland
Latvia
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Malta
Monaco
Netherlands
Portugal
San Marino
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Vatican

issue date:

1 I 2002 (coins production started already in 1999)

withdrawal date:

circulating

designer:

Luc Luycx (initials LL below letter 'O' in EURO)

total mintage:

5 214 000 000

(XI 2014)

interesting facts:

On June 7, 2005 it was decided to change the design of the common side of euro coins. Coins with face values 10, 20 and 50 cents as well as 1 and 2 euros issued after January 1, 2007 show a full map of Europe without political borders. Coins issued by Italy (including San Marino and Vatican), Austria and Portugal implemented the change only for coins issued in 2008. By the decision of the European Central Bank any euro coin issued after January 1, 2009 must bear the new reverse.

last update: 18 I 2014

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