2 Euro commemorative coins

2 Euro

C o m m e m o r a t i v e C o i n s

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2019
Image	Country		Date	Feature	Ref.	Volume
🔎		Luxembourg	27 Dec. 2018	100th anniversary of Grand Duchess Charlotte's accession to the throne 21st coin of the Grand‐Ducal Dynasty series	20001 20002 20005	316,000	•
	Description : The coin, designed by Herbert Wähner, shows Grand Duke Henri in frontal view on the left and his grandmother, Grand Duchess Charlotte (1896‐1985), on the right, wearing the Nassau Diadem made in 1865. She became Grand Duchess of Luxembourg and Duchess of Nassau after the abdication of her sister Maria‐Adelheid in 1919 and married Felix of Bourbon‐Parma in the same year. In 1964 she abdicated in favour of her son Jean. The issue occasion "Centenaire de l'accession au thône de la Grande‐Duchesse Charlotte" (100th anniversary of Grand Duchess Charlotte's accession to the throne) is named above in French in the form of an arch. The name of the issuing country "LUXEMBOURG" (Luxembourg in French) and the year of issue "2019" are shown below, flanked by two mint marks. These exist in three different combinations: On coins in rolls, the national mint mark, the Luxembourg lion with double tail, is depicted on the left and a staff of Hermes the mint mark of the Dutch mint Koninklijke Nederlandse Munt in Utrecht is shown on the right. Coincards also show the staff of Hermes on the right, but the Servaasbrug (Sint‐Servaas Bridge in Maastricht) the logo of mint master Stephan Satijn on the left. This is also shown on the left side of coins produced in the Proof manufactoring process, but with the Luxembourg lion with double tail on the right side.

🔎		Ireland	21 Jan. 2019	Centenary of the first sitting of Dáil Éireann (House of Assembly)	20001 20002 20005	1,000,000	•
	Description : The commemorative coin celebrates the first sitting of the "Assembly of Ireland", the Dáil Éireann (House of Assembly), on the 21st of January 1919, at which Ireland's independence was proclaimed, invoking the Easter Proclamation of 1916, triggering the two‐year Irish War of Independence. The unicameral Parliament met in the Round Room of Mansion House, the residence of the Lord Mayor of Dublin, built in 1710. Since 1922, Leinster House, the former Dublin ducal palace, has been the seat of Dáil Éireann, the House of Representatives. The inspiration for the coin motif stylised by Emmet Mullins is a photograph taken in August 1921 showing the "Round Room" filled with members of parliament and others, surrounded by an audience in the gallery. The heads of those present in the round and in the gallery are symbolised by dots. At the top of the coin is "1919" and across the middle "An Chéad Dáil" (the first assembly) in traditional uncial (majuscule) script, below which is the country name "ÉIRE" (Ireland) and the year of issue "2019". The coin was minted without mint marks by the Irish mint Lárionad Airgeadra an Bhainc Ceannais / Central Bank Currency Centre in Áth an Ghainimh / Sandyford. Coins minted in the proof production process were made by the Bavarian mint Bayerisches Hauptmünzamt in Munich.

🔎		Belgium	24 Jan. 2019	450th anniversary of the death of Pieter Bruegel the Elder	20001 20002 20005	155,000	•
	Description : Pieter Bruegel the Elder (ca.1525/1530‐1569) was a Dutch Renaissance painter known for his depictions of rural life in the 16th century Duchy of Brabant. One of his great models was Hieronymus Bosch. Bruegel's idiosyncratic style can only be inadequately described by the term Mannerism. He is depicted on the coin after an engraving made by Edme de Boulonois in 1582, in front of an easel with the 1563 version of his painting Tower of Babel, which is in the Boijmans Van Beuningen Museum in Rotterdam. Theologians see the tower‐building project as an attempt by humanity to equal God. Under the inscription "P. BRUEGEL" are his year of death "1569†" and the year of issue "2019", on the left the coat of arms of the municipality of Herzele the logo of the mint master Ingrid Van Herzele, the country abbreviation "BE" (Belgium) and the staff of Hermes the mint mark of the Royal Dutch mint Koninklijke Nederlandse Munt in Utrecht, on the right the initials "LL" of the coin designer Luc Luycx.

🔎		Italy	25 Jan. 2019	500th anniversary of Leonardo da Vinci's death	20001 20002 20005	3,000,000	•
	Description : Leonardo da Vinci (1452‐1519) was an Italian painter, sculptor, architect, anatomist, mechanic, engineer and natural philosopher. He is considered one of the most famous polymaths of all time. In 1489/1490 he was commissioned by the Duke of Milan, Ludovico Sforza, to paint a portrait of one of his mistresses, Cecelia Gallerani (1473‐1536). The Lady with the Ermine belongs to the holdings of the Czartoryski Museum in Krakow. Cecelia Gallerani's smoothly parted hair is covered with a transparent bonnet (cuffia) of gauze, the edge of which can be seen just above the eyebrows and the straps of which run below the chin. The bonnet is held by a horizontal narrow band (lenza). At the back of her head she wears a short plait. The coin depicting a detail of the painting bears the inscription "LEONARDO" on the left, next to it the ligature "RI" (Repubblica Italiana, Italian Republic) as the country abbreviation, and below it the initials "M.A.C." of the coin designer Maria Angela Cassol. On the right, the "R" the mint mark of the Italian mint Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato in Rome, below it "1519" as the year of Leonardo da Vinci's death and the year of issue "2019".

🔎		Germany	29 Jan. 2019	70 years of the Bundesrat (Prussian manor house in Berlin) 14th coin in the Federal States series	20001 20002 20005	30,507,300	•
	Description : The Prussian Manor, built between 1899 and 1904, initially housed the First Chamber of the Prussian Parliament. From 1921 to 1933 the Prussian State Council met in the building, and in 1935 the Prussian House Foundation, which was affiliated to the Reich Aviation Ministry, converted it into the House of Aviation. After 1946 it was used by the Academy of Sciences of the GDR. Since 2000, the building has served as the seat of the Bundesrat (upper house of parliament), which was constituted in 1949. This 70th anniversary is the reason for the commemorative coin. At the top of the motif is the year "2019", on the top left of the motif is the mint mark of the German mint (A = Staatliche Münze Berlin in Berlin, D = Bayerisches Hauptmünzamt in Munich, F = Staatliche Münzen Baden‐Württemberg in Stuttgart, G = Staatliche Münzen Baden‐Württemberg in Karlsruhe or J = Landesbetrieb Hamburgische Münze in Hamburg) and on the top right the ligatured initials "mo" of the coin designer Michael Otto. At the bottom of the motif is the inscription "BUNDESRAT" and below it the country abbreviation "D" (for Deutschland / Germany). The designer's B‐design (which was not executed) (see Image) depicted not only the building but also the position of the Bundesrat and the voting weights of its 16 constituent federal states.

🔎		Spain	01 Feb. 2019	Old town of Ávila with its extra‐muros churches 10th coin in the UNESCO World Heritage Sites series	20001 20002 20005	500,000	•
	Description : Alfonso VI, King of Léon, Castile and Galicia from 1065‐1109, ordered the construction of Ávila's city wall around 1092 as part of the Reconquista ("Reconquest"). A royal document from 1193 refers to the construction of the fortress and towers. The wall, completely preserved with 88 defence towers and 9 town gates, has a perimeter of 2516 metres and encloses a rectangle of 33 hectares. Due to lack of space, some of the numerous Romanesque churches were built outside the town wall. In 1985, UNESCO awarded World Heritage Site status. The coin motif designed by Alfonso Morales Muñoz shows three of the towers of this wall. At the top of the motif, forming an arch are the words "ESPAÑA" (Spain), the year of issue "2019" and to the right is the letter "M" adorned with a crown, the mint mark of the Spanish mint Real Casa de la Moneda in Madrid.

🔎		Andorra	11 Mar. 2019	2019 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup final	20001 20002 20005	60,000	•
	Description : Celebrating the 2019 Alpine Skiing World Cup finals in Grandvalira‐Soldeu, the commemorative coin, designed by the Ateliers de Gravure of the Monnaie de Paris, depicts a skier on a steep slope in front of the event logo and snow crystals. In a circle, around the outside is inscribed "FINALS DE LA COPA DEL MÓN D'ESQUI ANDORRA 2019" (Final of the Ski World Cup Andorra 2019). Andorran coins are alternately minted in the countries of the Princes of Andorra; in 2019 it was the turn of the Monnaie de Paris in Pessac.

🔎		San Marino	04 Apr. 2019	500th anniversary of Leonardo da Vinci's death	20001 20002 20005	55,650	•
	Description : Filippo Lippi (∼1406‐1469) was an Italian painter of the early Renaissance. The coin shows a detail of his painting Madonna and Child with Two Angels, painted in 1465 and now in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence. Lippi was a monk for many years and met the Dominican novice Lucrezia Buti (1435) when she posed for him for a painting of the Virgin Mary. During a procession in honour of the Holy Belt in Prato, he kidnapped her and she bore him a son in 1457 and a daughter in 1465. She is also said to be depicted in the above painting. At the top is "SAN MARINO", below it "FILIPPO LIPPI", on the left his year of death "1469" and the letter "R" the mint mark of the Italian mint Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato* in Rome, at the bottom are the initials "M.A.C." of the mint designer Maria Angela Cassol and the year of issue "2019".

🔎		Slovakia	25 Apr. 2019	100th anniversary of Milan Rastislav Štefánik's death	20001 20002 20005	1,000,000	•
	Description : Milan Rastislav Štefánik (1880‐1919) was a Slovak astronomer and diplomat, born in the Kingdom of Hungary, became a French citizen in 1912 and a military pilot and officer of the Legion of Honour, general of the French army and the Czechoslovak legions in 1915, and one of the founding fathers of the First Czechoslovak Republic. The coin, which features a design based on contemporary photograph, shows him in a French general's uniform. On the left are the semicircular words "SLOVENSKO" (Slovakia) and "MILAN RATISLAV ŠTEFÁNIK", his year of birth "1880" and death "1919", and on the right the year of issue "2019", the abbreviated initials "PV" of the coin designer Peter Valach and the mint mark "MK" between two embossing stamps of the Slovak mint Mincovňa Kremnica š.p. in Kremnica.

🔎		Vatican City	07 May 2019	90th anniversary of the founding of the Vatican City State	20001 20002 20005	84,000	•
	Description : In 1929, the Lateran Treaty was signed at the Lateran Palace between the Holy See under Pope Pius XI and the then Kingdom of Italy (represented by Prime Minister Benito Mussolini). They clarified the Roman Question inside the city limits of Rome and secured the territorial sovereignty of the Vatican City following the dissolution of the Papal States in 1870, together with the status of extraterritorial possession of the Holy See which included the Lateran and Castel Gandolfo, among others. The motif shows Pius XI as the Bishop of Rome, the head of the Roman Catholic Church, wearing a crown in front of the side view of the Lateran Palace (restored in 1586), where the popes were crowned until the 19th century and the Lateran obelisk standing in Piazza San Giovanni. The obelisk, part of the obelisk temple of Amun in Thebes, was built for Pharaoh Thutmois III (1479‐1425 BC). In 337 it was shipped from Karnak to Alexandria to be erected in Constantinople, the new capital of the Roman Empire, but under Emperor Constantius II it was transported to Rome on a specially constructed ship and placed on the spina of the Circus Maximus. Destroyed in an earthquake, it was excavated in 1587, restored, shortened by 2 metres and erected in its present location. On the right of the motif is depicted the lateral facade of the Lateran Basilica, the renovation of which started in 1646. At the top, marking the reason for this issue, "STATO DELLA CITTÀ DEL VATICANO" (Vatican City State), is shown in a semi circle. At the bottom, the dates "1929" and "2019" are in two lines, flanked on the left by a branch of an olive tree with fruit and on the right by a branch of laurel, and underneath the dates is the logo "FUSCO" of the coin designer Daniela Fusco. To the right of the laurel branch is the initial "R" the mint mark of the Italian mint Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato in Rome together with the logo "CASSOL INC." (INC. = Incisore / engraver) of the engraver Maria Angela Cassol.

🔎		Portugal	08 May 2019	500th anniversary of Magellan's circumnavigation	20001 20002 20005	520,000	•
	Description : The commemorative coin pays tribute to the circumnavigation of the world begun in 1519 by order of Carlos' I, King of Spain, under the leadership of the Poruguese giant Ferdinand Magellan (∼1480‐1521), who was to find a western route to the Spice Islands. The fleet of five ships and 270 men circumnavigated South America for the first time in 1520 through the "Strait of Magellan" and crossed the Pacific in 1521. Magellan had already sailed from the west to the Malay Archipelago (and back) in 1505‐1512, which is further east than Mactan, Philippines, where he died in battle in 1521 ‐ thus he had crossed all the meridians of the earth westwards and, with a seven‐year interruption, completed almost a complete circumnavigation of the globe. Juan Sebastián Elcano (1476‐1528) completed the expedition on the Nao Victoria in 1522 and provided proof of the spherical shape of the Earth. The coin shows Magellan in three‐quarter profile, surrounded by the words "CIRCUM NAVEGACÃO" (circumnavigation of the globe), "1519 FERNÃO ♦ DE ♦ MAGALHÃES" (right) and "2019 ♦ PORTUGAL" (left). At the top, a stylised armillary sphere is depicted as a sign of Portugal's great attachment to seafaring, a navigational device from the time of Portugal's sailing of the world's oceans. Below is "INCM" the mint mark of the Portuguese mint Imprensa Nacional‐ Casa da Moeda S.A. in Lisbon and the signet "L.F. ABREU" of the coin designer Luís Filipe de Abreu.

🔎		Belgium	09 May 2019	25th anniversary of the establishment of the European Monetary Institute	20001 20002 20005	155,000	•
	Description : The coin is dedicated to the European Monetary Institute, founded in 1994 and the predecessor of the European Central Bank (ECB), which was established in 1998. On the right, it depicts its first president, the Hungarian‐Belgian economist Alexandre Lamfalussy (1929‐2015), who held office until 1997. Below the inscription "A. Lamfalussy", the country abbreviation "BE" (Belgium) and the year of issue "2019". At the top left is "European Monetary Institute" in a quarter circle, with "1994" and "EMI" below it, followed by four coins depicted one above the other with the inscriptions "€", "ECU", and "BEF", symbolising the transition from national currencies to the single European currency, the euro. On the left is the coat of arms of the municipality of Herzele the logo of the mint master Ingrid Van Herzele below the staff of Hermes the mint mark of the Royal Dutch mint Koninklijke Nederlandse Munt in Utrecht. On the right are the initials "LL" of the coin designer Luc Luycx.

🔎		Malta	13 May 2019	Ta' Ħagrat Temples 4th coin of the Maltese Prehistoric Sites series	20001 20002 20005	335,000	•
	Description : Themistocles Żammit (1864‐1935, Maltese physician, bacteriologist, professor of chemistry, writer, historian and archaeologist) began in 1923 with the excavation of this Neolithic megalithic site in Mġarr, which was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1992 as part of the Megalithic Temples of Malta. Shown here is the entrance to the cloverleaf‐like southern temple Ta' Ħaġrats, built between 3600‐3200 BC, with three wide steps in front of the portal, which is covered by an imposing lintel. The northern temple was built around 3300‐3000 BC. At the top there are three lines "TA' ĦAĠRAT TEMPLES 3600‐3000 BC", below two lines "MALTA 2019". The coin was designed by Noel Galea Bason, whose initials "NGB" appear on the right. It was minted without a mint mark by the French mint Monnaie de Paris in Plessac; in Coincard's specimens, the year is flanked on the left by a cornucopia as their mint mark, while on the right a pentagon represents the mint master's mark Yves Sampos. Coin sets bear an "F" (for France) in the 6 o'clock star, as do some of the coins issued in rolls.

🔎		Estonia	29 May 2019	150th anniversary of the first Estonian Song Festival	20001 20002 20005	1,000,000	•
	Description : In 2003, the Baltic Song Festival was recognised by UNESCO as an intangible cultural heritage within the programme of Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity. A pupil from Törva, Grete Lisette Gulbis designed the coin. It shows the faces of three singing children above curved staves with the first notes of the Estonian national anthem and below it a scarf with the pattern "XOXOXOXOXO" (which in net jargon means "hugs and kisses") ‐ inspired by rows of celebrants shouting for joy, wearing their national custumes and moving like sea waves. At the top of the coin is the date "2019" and underneath "EESTI" (Estonia), at the bottom is "LAULUPIDU" (song festival) "150". The coin was minted without mint marks by the Slovak mint Mincovňa Kremnica š.p. in Kremnica.

🔎		Portugal	06 Jun. 2019	600th anniversary of the discovery of Madeira and Porto Santos	20001 20002 20005	520,000	•
	Description : Madeira was probably already discovered by Phoenicians around 600 BC. In contrast to the Canary Islands, which were predominantly settled from ancient Mauritania from the 3rd century BC, the Madeira archipelago remained uninhabited. After almost a thousand years of isolation, the Canaries were rediscovered in the 14th century and the Castilian manuscript Libro del Conosçimiento (Book of Knowledge), written around 1385, also describes Madeira ("Leiname") ‐ however, in Portugal 1418 or 1419 are considered the year of discovery, when João Gonçalves Zarco landed on the island of Porto Santo and Madeira. From 1420, Madeira was settled by the Portuguese at the instigation of Henry the Navigator. The Sebaldines ("Wild Islands"), also part of Macaronesia, first documented in 1375, are considered to have been discovered by Diogo Gomes in 1438 and are now part of the Autonomous Region of Madeira. However, the group of islands lying 280 km south of Madeira is positioned out of scale on the coin (above "...ug...19"). The cartographic lines on the coin design symbolising the principle of a contemporary nautical portolan or "wind ray map" (radiating both from the centre of the map and from 16 points evenly distributed on a circular line, the "wind roses") were used to determine a course by compass. The circular inscription reads "600 anos do Descobrimento da Madeira e do Porto Santo" (600 years of the discovery of Madeira and Porto Santo) and "Portugal 2019". At the top is "INCM" the mint mark of the Portuguese mint Imprensa Nacional‐ Casa da Moeda S.A. in Lisbon and on the right ‐ in irregular, handwriting‐like characters ‐ the signet "POMAR" of the coin designer Júlio Pomar.

🔎		France	06 Jun. 2019	60th anniversary of the creation of Astérix	20001 20002 20005	310,000	•
	Description : Astérix, created in 1959 by author René Goscinny (1926‐1977) and illustrator Albert Uderzo (1927‐2020), became the most successful French comic series. Astérix, the quintessential Gaul, embodies the Frenchman with his intelligence and shrewdness. His illustrator Albert Uderzo himself designed the commemorative coin, on which the profile of Asterix under the winged helmet is surrounded by semi‐circular ‐ (irregularly shaped stones resembling) ‐ dots above and a laurel wreath as a symbol of glory, victory and peace. Underneath "ASTÉRIX" is the country abbreviation "RF" (République fançaise, French Republic), towards the bottom left is a cornucopia the mint mark of the French mint Monnaie de Paris in Plessac, a pentagon the logo of mint master Yves Sampo, the occasion of issue "LX ANS" (60 years) and the year "MMXIX" in Roman numerals as in Arabic numerals "2019".

🔎		Lithuania	10 Jul. 2019	Sutartinés, lithuanian songs	20001 20002 20005	500,000	•
	Description : Sutartinés, polyphonic folk songs sung mainly in Upper Lithuania ("Aukštaitija"), were declared an Intangible Cultural Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2010 (as was the polyphonic singing tradition Seto Leelo of the Estonian Setuceans in 2009). The coin shows in profile the heads of three singing women whose long hair winds clockwise as spiral lines to the edge of the pill, complemented by symbols repeated several times, such as in a stylised plant, the dome of the Lithuanian Song Festival or a Neolithic amber disc (similar to the one depicted on the 2016 commemorative coin as a symbol of Baltic culture). On the right is the knight "Vytis" from the coat of arms of Lithuania, surrounded by two oak leaves and three stylised trees, and on the left two birds flanking the issue theme "SUTARTINÉS". At the top of the coin is the name of the issuing country "LIETUVA" (Lithuania) and the initials "LP" of the coin designer Liudas Parulskis, the year of issue "2019" is on the right, and below it the circular mint mark "LMK" of the Lithuanian mint Lietuvos monetų kalykla in Vilnius.

🔎		Greece	11 Jul. 2019	100th birthday of Manolis Andronikos	20001 20002 20005	750,000	•
	Description : Manolis Andronikos (1919‐1992) was a Greek archaeologist who discovered in 1977 in the historical centre of Macedonia the richly furnished sovereign tombs untouched by grave robbers under a large tumulus ‐ a worldwide archaeological sensation. The excavation site near Vergina ‐ probably identical with the ancient city of "Aigeai", until 410 BC capital of the Kingdom of Macedonia ‐ has been listed as a UNESCO&dash:World Heritage Site since 1996. Two golden caskets with bones were found in a grave. The male bones in the larger Larnax, which is decorated with a sun symbol known as the "Star of Vergina", were also wrapped in a purple cloak and an oak leaf made of chased gold and an acorn crown were enclosed ‐ probably royal burial objects. Andronikos assumed that it was the tomb of Philipp II (∼382‐336 BC), father of Alexander the Great ‐ but this attribution is disputed. The coin, designed after a photograph, shows the archaeologist, his head resting on his right hand. On the left is his name and dates of birth "ΜΑΝΛΗΣ ΑΝΔΡΟΝΙΚΟΣ 1919‐1992" (Manolis Andronikos 1919‐1992), a palmette the mint mark of the Greek mint Νομισματοκοπειο / Nomismatokopeio (Bank of Greece ‐ Mint) in Halandri together with the year "2019", on the right "ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗ ΔΗΜΟΚΡΑΤΙΑ" (Hellenic Republic) and the signet "ΣΤΑΜ" of the coin designer Georgios Stamatopoulos.

🔎		Greece	11 Jul. 2019	150th anniversary of the death of Andreas Kalvos	20001 20002 20005	750,000	•
	Description : Andreas Kalvos (1792‐1869), born on the Ionian island of Zakynthos, which was then part of the Republic of Venice, is one of the most important poets of modern Greece. In his works he combined linguistic elements of ancient and modern Greek with the high ideals of romanticism. His poetry expressed both the revolutionary ideals of his time and his personal visions. The coin features a portrait of the writer. On the left is his name and years of his birth and death "ΑΝΔΡΕΑΣ ΚΑΛΒΟΣ 1792‐1869" (Andreas Kalvos 1792‐1869), a palmette the mint mark of the Greek mint Νομισματοκοπειο / Nomismatokopeio (Bank of Greece ‐ Mint) in Halandri and the year "2019", on the right "ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗ ΔΗΜΟΚΡΑΤΙΑ" (Hellenic Republic) and the signet "ΣΤΑΜ" of the coin designer Georgios Stamatopoulos.

🔎		San Marino	29 Aug. 2019	550th anniversary of Filippo Lippi's death	20001 20002 20005	56,650	•
	Description : Filippo Lippi (∼1406‐1469) was an Italian painter of the early Renaissance. The coin shows a detail of his painting Madonna and Child with Two Angels, painted in 1465 and now in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence. Lippi was a monk for many years and met the Dominican novice Lucrezia Buti (1435) when she posed for him for a painting of the Virgin Mary. During a procession in honour of the Holy Belt in Prato, he kidnapped her and she bore him a son in 1457 and a daughter in 1465. She is also said to be depicted in the above painting. At the top is "SAN MARINO", below it "FILIPPO LIPPI", on the left his year of death "1469" and the letter "R" the mint mark of the Italian mint Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato* in Rome, at the bottom are the initials "M.A.C." of the mint designer Maria Angela Cassol and the year of issue "2019".

🔎		Lithuania	10 Sep. 2019	Žemaitija (Samogitia) 1st coin of the Lithuanian Ethnographical Regions series	20001 20002 20005	500,000	•
	Description : The coin is dedicated to Lower Lithuania, where Schemaitisch, a dialect of Lithuanian, is spoken. It shows the great coat of arms of the Duchy of Samogitia, a bear under a crown, flanked by a knight leaning on a sword and a woman leaning on an anchor with the motto "PATRIA UNA" (one fatherland) At the top of the coin is "LIETUVA" (Lithuania), the country of issue and at the bottom "ŽEMAITIJA" (Samogitia), to the left and slightly above is the year of issue "2019". To the centre right of the coin is the circular mint mark "LMK" of the Lithuanian mint Lietuvos monetų kalykla in Vilnius. Rolandas Rimkūnas designed the coin.

🔎		Monaco	12 Sep. 2019	200th anniversary of Honoré V's accession to the throne	20001 20002 20005	15,000	•
	Description : As a result of the French Revolution of 1789, the Grimaldis lost all aristocratic privileges in France and their possessions there. Despite the Franco‐Monegasque Treaty of Péronne, Monaco, which was surrounded by France, demanded the deposition of the princes and the annexation to France, which had become a republic with the deposition of Louis XVI in 1792. Honoré III was imprisoned after the annexation decision in 1793 and died in a dungeon in Paris in 1795. After the end of the Napoleonic Wars the Congress of Vienna, thanks to Talleyrand's efforts, restored the state of Monaco, and the kingdom of Sardinia, which got back Savoy, Piedmont and Nice and additionally Genoa and ‐ with Turin as capital ‐ became the protecting power of Monaco. However, Honoré IV was too ill to take over the rule of his principality, so he appointed his brother, Prince Joseph, as regent - but his son Honoré Gabriel Grimaldi (1778‐1841) revolted against this, and in 1815 Prince Joseph appointed him regent Honoré IV. After his death he ascended the throne as Prince Honoré V. in 1819. The coin shows Honoré Gabriel Grimaldi after a painting by an unknown painter, made about 1800. On the right is "MONACO", on the left "HONORÉ V", below "1819 ♦ Avénement ♦ 2019" (1819 ♦ accession to the throne ♦ 2019). A cornucopia as a sign of the French mint Monnaie de Paris in Plessac is shown on the left, the mint master's mark Yves Sampos, a pentagon, on the right.

🔎		Latvia	17 Sep. 2019	Coat of arms of Latvia's rising sun	20001 20002 20005	307,000	•
	Description : The coin designed by Ivars Drulle is dedicated to the history of the Latvian national coat of arms. Ansis Cirulis created one of the basic elements of the coat of arms in 1915 ‐ the creation of a new country was compared to the rising sun. For the Latvian Battalion Daugagrïva he designed its flag with reference to the silver sun of Latvian mythology and the Dainas. The ligature of the stylised letters "B" and "L" for "Brïva Latvija" (free Latvia) is placed in the centre of the sun on the coin ‐ a dream still distant in 1915. In the foreground are the gently curving lines of the dunes and hills of the Latvian coast. The top reads "UZLECOŠÄ SAULE" (the rising sun), below the issuing country "LATVIJA" (Latvia) and "2019". The coin was minted without a mintmark by the Dutch mint Koninklijke Nederlandse Munt in Utrecht.

🔎		Luxembourg	19 Sep. 2019	100 years of universal suffrage in Luxembourg 22nd coin of the Grand‐Ducal Dynasty series	20001 20002 20005	311,000	•
	Description : In June 1918, parliamentary work began on Luxembourg's long‐planned constitutional reform. In the process, suffrage also came on the agenda at the beginning of 1919 ‐ only wealthy men were entitled to vote under the current census suffrage law. Although all parties supported the principle of universal suffrage, women's suffrage was only supported by the socialist and conservative deputies. In May 1919, the right to vote and to stand for election for women and men was adopted by a three‐quarters majority, and parliamentary elections were held as early as October. Four women stood as candidates. Marguerite Thomas‐Clement, a teacher, was elected on the socialist list ‐ Luxembourg's first female member of parliament. The coin, designed by Herbert Wähner, shows the image of Grand Duke Henri and a ballot box into which a woman's hand inserts a ballot paper under the heading in French "Centenaire du suffrage universel" (one hundred years of universal suffrage) and the dates "1919‐2019" written in two lines. The country of issue "LUXEMBOURG" (Luxembourg in French) is named at the bottom. The mint marks flanking the year of issue exist in three different combinations: On coins in rolls, the national mint mark, the Luxembourg lion with double tail, is depicted on the left and a staff of Hermes the mint mark of the Dutch mint Koninklijke Nederlandse Munt in Utrecht is shown on the right. Coincards also show the staff of Hermes on the right, but the Servaasbrug (Sint‐Servaas Bridge in Maastricht) the logo of mint master Stephan Satijn on the left. This is also shown on the left side of coins produced in the Proof manufactoring process, but with the Luxembourg lion with double tail on the right side.

🔎		Vatican City	07 Oct. 2019	25th anniversary of the restoration of the Sistine Chapel	20001 20002 20005	83,000	•
	Description : On the 25th anniversary of the restoration of the Sistine Chapel, built between 1475 and 1483, the Vatican City minted a commemorative coin with a motif from the ceiling fresco of the Last Judgement with Mary and Jesus Christ, created by Michelangelo (1475‐1564) in 1540. It depicts the Abrahamic religions' eschatological concept of a divine judgement that ends world events and is closely linked to the idea of resurrection as the judgement of all living and dead. On the left of the motif in a semi circle are th words "CITTÀ DEL VATICANO" (Vatican City) being the issuing country, on the right "CAPELLA SISTINA ‐ FINE DEI RESTAURI" (Sistine Chapel ‐ end of restoration) and underneath "1994‐2019". Beneath the dates is the initial "R" the mint mark of the Italian mint Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato in Rome. The logos "D. LONGO" of the designer Daniela Longo and "INC.A.M." (INC. = Incisore / Engraver) by the engraver Annalisa Masini are at the bottom of the motif.

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		Germany	10 Oct. 2019	30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall Joint issue of Germany and France	20001 20002 20005	30,297,000	•
		Frankreich			20001 20002 20005	15.020.000
	Description : The coin commemorates the fall of the Berlin Wall on the 9th of November 1989, which opened the way for the reunification of Germany involving freedom and democracy. It symbolically ends not only the division of Germany, but also of Europe and the world, and marks the end of the Cold War ‐ a historical event of global significance. This important change was sealed by the Two Plus Four Treaty, which paved the way for the reunification of Germany on the 3rd of October 1990. The coin was issued jointly by France and Germany and shows the Berlin Wall, which appears to be opened in the centre, is crossed by three doves of peace and a cheering crowd. In the background is the Brandenburg Gate symbolising Berlin and on the right‐hand segment of the wall is a detail (albeit reversed) of the 37.20 m x 3.60 m painting We Are One People, created by Shamil Gimayev in 1990. Deviations in the design exist with regard to the country code at the bottom right, "D" (for Deutschland / Germany) or "RF" (République française, French Republic), the mint mark and the text element incorporated in the collage. While on the French coin the occasion is in French and German ("30 ANS LA CHUTE MUR DE BERLIN" "30 JAHRE MAUERFALL" - 30th anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall), the German motif reproduces the text exclusively in German. At the bottom is the year of issue "2019" and on the German version the German mint mark is to the left (A = Staatliche Münze Berlin in Berlin, D = Bayerisches Hauptmünzamt in Munich, F = Staatliche Münzen Baden‐Württemberg in Stuttgart, G = Staatliche Münzen Baden‐Württemberg in Karlsruhe or J = Landesbetrieb Hamburgische Münze in Hamburg), on the French variant a cornucopia as the sign of the French mint Monnaie de Paris in Plessac. On the right‐hand side is a pentagon the logo of mint master Yves Sampo and above it the qudratic logo of the coin designer Joaquin Jimenez.

🔎		Malta	21 Oct. 2019	Nature and Envirement 4th coin of the from children in solidarity series	20001 20002 20005	320,000	•
	Description : In Joshua Stuart's coin design, which won a prize in a school competition, seven apples hanging from an apple tree and seeds growing in a field symbolise nature, while a cloud and a stylised sun symbolise the environment. On the left is the double line "Malta" "2019". The coin was minted without a mint mark by the French mint Monnaie de Paris in Plessac; in Coincard's specimens, the name of the state is flanked on the left by a cornucopia as their mint mark, while on the right a pentagon represents the mint master's mark Yves Sampos.

🔎		Finland	31 Oct. 2019	Constitution Act of 1919	20001 20002 20005	500,000	•
	Description : The symbolism chosen by the coin designer Dario Vidal for the coin commemorating the anniversary of the Constitution on the separation of powers between the legislative, executive and judicial branches is based on the image of three equally sized connected soap bubbles. According to the rules described by Plateau, three surfaces of soap bubbles meet at an angle of 120°. Here, the surface area is minimal and an equilibrium of forces is created by the same surface tension. The year of issue "2019" is on the left, a lion (the heraldic animal of Finland) is shown below the mint mark of the Finnish mint Suomen Rahapaja OY in Vantaa and next to it the country abbreviation "FI" (Finland).

🔎		Andorra	11 Nov. 2019	600th anniversary of the formation of "Consell de la Terra" constitution	20001 20002 20005	60,000	•
	Description : In 1419, with the approval of the two Princes of Andorra ‐ Francesc de Tovia, 1415‐1436 Bishop of Urgell, and John I, 1412‐1436 Count of Foix ‐ the "Consell de la Terra" (Council of the Earth) was created, a type of a parliament and the most important representative body of Andorra. It was the forerunner of the present Consell General de les Valls (General Council of the Valleys) gathered to the council were the heads of the most important Andorran families. At present the General Council consists of 28 board members, half of whom are elected via parish lists. The coin, designed by the Italian designer Orietta Rossi, shows the upper arched stones of the portal of the Casa de la Vall in Andorra la Vella, bearing the name "ANDORRA", above which is the coat of arms of Andorra, flanked by seventeen faces in profile. Above is the Andorrian Latin motto, "VIRTVS VNITA FORTIOR" (Virtus unita fortior, united virtue is stronger). The coat of arms shows the mitre and crosier of the Bishop of Urgell, Prince of Andorra, the three stakes of the coat of arms of Foix and the four of Catalonia respectively, together with the two cows of the Counts of Béarn. Above it, can be seen the lower part of a window of the Casa de la Vall. At the top there is a semi‐circle with the words "600 ANYS DEL CONSELL DE LA TERRA" (600th anniversay of the Council of the Earth) and at the bottom of the coin the anniversary number of years 600, represented as "6(1419/2019)0". Andorran coins are minted alternately in the countries of the Princes of Andorra; in 2019 it was the turn of the Monnaie de Paris in Pessac.

🔎		Estonia	19 Nov. 2019	100 year anniversary of the founding of the Estonian language University Tartu	20001 20002 20005	1,000,000	•
	Description : As one of the oldest universities in Northern and Eastern Europe, Academia Gustaviana was founded in 1632 by King Gustav II Adolf of Sweden in Tartu (then Dorpat), with Latin used as the teaching language. In 1802 it was re‐opened by Alexander I as the Imperial University of Dorpat, with German as the first teaching language and Russian from 1893. Since 1919 the University of Tartu became is the first Estonian‐language university. The coin, designed by Indrek Ilves, shows a stylised version of the university facade. At the top of the coin is the word "RAHVUSÜLIKOOL". (National University) and below it "100", at the bottom "UNIVERSITAS TARTUENSIS" (University of Tartu) and below it the year of foundation "1632", on the left hand side is "EESTI" (Estonia) and on the right hand side the year of issue "2019". The coin was minted without mint marks by the Lithuanian mint Lietuvos monetų kalykla in Vilnius.

🔎		Slovenia	25 Nov. 2019	100 years since the foundation of the University Ljubljana	20001 20002 20005	1,000,000	•
	Description : The coin, designed by Daniela Vidmar Podboj and Tomaz Podboj, features the square logo of the University of Ljubljana under the words "100 LET UNIVERZE LJUBLJANA" (100 years of the University of Ljubljana). At the bottom right, it reads "SLOVENIJA 2019" (Slovenia 2019). The coin was made without mintmarks by the Italian mint Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato in Rome.

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References :
20001	Images taken with authorisation by the ECB ‐ Mail dated 20th of Feb.2020 © "European Central Bank"	20002	Data mirrored from Wikipedia Page "2_euro_commemorative_coins" with friendly support of the guardians of that page.
20003	Not Applicable	20004	Coloured version of this Commemorative Coin in circulation EU‐legal‐technical specifications do not recongnise colour prints, but the EU is tolerate them, due to the facts that their numbers are very small and that they are sold in special packs and therefor are very unlikely to be used as currency.
20005	enlarged Images taken with authorisation by Gerd Seyffert © "Gerd Seyffert 2021"	20006	Not Applicable