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Design date. 2002. The 5 euro cent coin (€0.05) has a value of one twentieth of a euro and is composed of copper-covered steel. All euro coins have a common reverse and country-specific (national) obverse. The coin has been used since 2002 and was not re-designed in 2007 as was the case with the higher-value coins.
The euro came into existence on 1 January 1999. [2] It had been a goal of the European Union (EU) and its predecessors since the 1960s. [2] The Maastricht Treaty entered into force in 1993 with the goal of creating economic and monetary union by 1999 for all EU states except the United Kingdom and Denmark (even though Denmark has a fixed exchange rate policy with the euro).
National identifying marks of euro coins. As per a recommendation defined by the Economic and Financial Affairs Council of the European Union, [1] the national designs of each member's euro coin should contain a national identification in the form of spelling or abbreviation of the country's name. Of the fifteen members of the Eurozone at the ...
Finnish Euro starter kit 5 euro cent coin from Finland pressed in 2000. For images of the common side and a detailed description of the coins, see euro coins. In Finland, the euro was introduced in 2002. However, the first sets of coins were minted, as preparation, in 1999. Hence the first euro coins of Finland have minted the year 1999 instead ...
Spanish euro coins feature three different designs for each of the three series of coins. The minor series of 1, 2, and 5 cent coins were designed by Garcilaso Rollán, the middle series of 10, 20, and 50 cent coins by Begoña Castellanos, and the two major coins feature the portrait of King Felipe VI of Spain. All designs feature the 12 stars ...
10 January 2013 [8] The five- euro note (€5) is the lowest value euro banknote. It has been used since the introduction of the euro (in its cash form) in 2002. [9] The note is used in the 25 countries that have it as their sole currency (with 23 legally adopting it), which countries have a total population of about 343 million currently. [10]
According to Numista, “The Portuguese Mint struck 107,000 One Euro coins in 2008 with the incorrect reverse. The Old Map was used instead of the New Map. Some of them were recovered and it is ...
German euro coins. German euro coins have three separate designs for the three series of coins. The 1-cent, 2-cent and 5-cent coins were designed by Rolf Lederbogen [de], the design for the 10-cent, 20-cent and 50-cent coins were designed by Reinhard Heinsdorff [de] and the 1- and 2-euro coins were done by Heinz Hoyer [de] and Sneschana Russewa ...