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The Croatian euro coins are a set of euro coins currently being minted by the Croatian Mint since July 2022. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] They are the official euro coins with the national motif of Croatia. The euro was introduced as a replacement for the Croatian kuna on 1 January 2023. [ 4 ]
When Montenegro started using the euro as a national currency, the European Central Bank (ECB) initially did not object to this step. [18] Since then, however, the European Commission and the ECB have expressed dissatisfaction with Montenegro's unilateral use of the euro, with European Commission spokesperson Amelia Torres saying in 2007 that ...
Croatia adopted the euro as its currency on 1 January 2023, becoming the 20th member state of the eurozone.A fixed conversion rate was set at €1 = 7.5345 kn. [1] Croatia's previous currency, the kuna (Croatian for marten), used the euro (and prior to that one of the euro's major predecessors, the German mark or Deutsche Mark) as its main reference since its creation in 1994, and a long-held ...
In the process of accession of Croatia to the European Union, the government decided to eventually replace the kuna with the euro (€, EUR). Following the entry into the ERM II regime in 2020, a fixed conversion rate was set at 1 € = 7.53450 kn in 2022, which was the final year for the kuna as Croatia replaced it with the euro on 1 January ...
Luxembourgish euro coins feature three different designs, though they all contain the portrait or effigy of Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg. The designs, by Yvette Gastauer-Claire , also contain the 12 stars of the European flag , the year of imprint and the name of the country in the Luxembourgish language : Lëtzebuerg .
Andorra did not have an official currency before adopting the euro, and unlike its two larger neighbours, France and Spain, which surround it, it is not a member of the EU. In the 20th century, both the French franc and Spanish peseta were used and accepted in Andorra, but the peseta was more widespread [ 4 ] with government budgets, salaries ...
The design elements around the euro sign express the importance of the euro to the people, to the financial world (ECB tower), to trading (ships), to industry (factories), to the energy sector and research and development (wind power stations). The design was created by Helmut Andexlinger (designer at the Austrian Mint).
Maltese euro coins feature three separate designs for the three series of coins. Malta has been a member of the European Union since 1 May 2004, and is a member of the Economic and Monetary Union of the European Union. Malta adopted the euro as its official currency on 1 January 2008, replacing the Maltese lira. For a period of one month until ...