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- Obverse - All Euro Countries
- 1 cent, 2 cent, 5 cent:
Coins name their value and show twelve stars (symbolizing the twelve original EU members to adopt the euro) at the termini of six lines. A globe highlights EU nations.
- 10 cent, 20 cent, 50 cent:
Coins name their value and show twelve stars (symbolizing the twelve original EU members to adopt the euro) at the termini of six lines. An 'exploded' map shows the various EU nations spaced apart.
- 1 euro, 2 euro:
Coins name their value and show twelve stars (symbolizing the twelve original EU members to adopt the euro) at the termini of six lines. A map shows the EU nations.
- The common side of the 1 and 2 Euro coins and the 10, 20 and 50 euro
cent coins changes beginning 1 January 2008 for Austria, Italy,
Portugal, Spain, San Marino and Vatican City. The other members of the
Euro Zone have changed on 1 January 2007.
- Reverse - All Euro Countries
- Every one of the national sides has elements from that country's
previous coinage.
- In many cases, the coins look very similar to their pre- Euro
counterparts, such as the Irish, Finish, German, French and Dutch Euro
coins.
- The Vatican and Monaco are the only state within the Eurozone to
have issued more than one standard series of Euro coins.
- On 1 January 2008, Cyprus and Malta will begin using the Euro as its
currency.
- Future Eurozone members are Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Slovakia.
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