2 Euro commemorative coins Common Issue 2009

2 Euro

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

Entries in the competition to find the winning design celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU)
Image		Number	Feature	Ref.	% of Vote
		Motif 1	10th anniversary of the Euro‐Currency	20006	7.01 %
	Motif 1 : Entry by Valerio De Seta from Italy. Several curved arrow lines point to the euro area. They symbolise the semicircle of the plenary hall in the European Parliament, where all the peoples of the European Union are represented. © Design Valerio De Seta

		Motif 4	10th anniversary of the Euro‐Currency	20006	7.71 %
	Motif 4 : Entry by Rosa Maria Villani from Italy. The Roman numeral X next to the euro symbol stands for 10 years of economic and monetary union and for the idea of Europe as a "crossroads" where peoples and cultures meet. © Design Rosa Maria Villani

		Motif 3	10th anniversary of the Euro‐Currency	20006	11.15 %
	Motif 3 : Entry by Rosa Maria Villani from Italy. The Roman numeral X next to the euro symbol stands for 10 years of economic and monetary union and for the idea of Europe as a "crossroads" where peoples and cultures meet. The spiral is meant to symbolise growth and progress. © Design Rosa Maria Villani

		Motif 5	10th anniversary of the Euro‐Currency	20006	32.67 %
	Motif 5 : Entry by Helmut Andexlinger from Österreich. A spiral with ten stars or ten citizens shaking hands symbolises how ten years of Economic and Monetary Union have made the euro so strong that it has been steadily gaining in importance since its introduction in 1999. © Design Helmut Andexlinger

		Motif 2	10th anniversary of the Euro‐Currency	20006	41.48 %
	Motif 2 : Entry by Georgios Stamatopoulos from Greece. The euro as a symbol steeped in history: Trade relations between people have developed from prehistoric barter (indicated by the deliberately "primitive" design of the motif) to economic and monetary union.

Common Issue 2009 10th anniversary of the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU)
Image	Country		Date	Feature	Ref.	Volume
🔎		Common Issue	01 Jan. — 26 Mar. 2009	10th anniversary of the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU)	20001 20002 20005	82,484,623	•
	Description : In 1972 the European Exchange Rate Mechanism was created to limit fluctuations between currencies. In 1975 a basket of currencies was used to define the European Currency Unit (ECU) and in 1979 the European Monetary System was created. 1990 saw the start of the first stage of European Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) and in 1994 the second stage, during which the European Monetary Institute prepared for the establishment of the European Central Bank (ECB). In 1996 the European Commission established the currency abbreviation €. In 1999, saw the third stage of EMU, all participating currencies were linked to the euro by exchange rate parity. In 2008 a design competition was held for the EMU Community Edition coin and out of 5 proposals a winner, Georgios Stamatopoulos was determined by an online vote. The design shows a stylised human stick figure on the blank space of an irregularly shaped ancient coin, with the € symbol on the left arm. It symbolises the transition from the bartering of archaic times to European Economic and Monetary Union (EMU). Below the € symbol are the designer's initials "ΓΣ" and the years "1999‐2009".

🔎		Austria	02 Jan. 2009	10th anniversary of the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU)	20001 20002 20005	5,000,000	•
	National characteristics : Above is the name of the issuing country "REPUBLIK ÖSTERREICH" (Republic of Austria), the acronym of the occasion of issue below is "WWU". The coin was minted without a mint mark by the Austrian Mint Münze Österreich AG in Vienna.

🔎		Belgium	27 Jan. 2009	10th anniversary of the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU)	20001 20002 20005	5,012,000	•
	National characteristics : Above is the name of the issuing country in the three national languages "BELGIE ‐ BELGIQUE ‐ BELGIE" (Dutch, French and German), the acronym of the occasion of issue below is "EMU". The motif is flanked on the left by a pair of scales the logo of mint master Romain Coenen, and on the right by the helmeted head of the Archangel Michael the mint mark of the Royal Belgian mint Monnaie Royale de Belgique / Koninklijke Munt van België / Königliche Belgische Münzprägeanstalt in Brussels.

🔎		Cyprus	05 Jan. 2009	10th anniversary of the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU)	20001 20002 20005	1,000,000	•
	National characteristics : Above is the name of the issuing country "ΚΥΠΡΟΣ KIBRIS" (Cyprus, in Greek and Turkish), the acronym of the occasion of issue below is "ΟΝΕ". The coin was minted without mint mark at the Royal Dutch mint Koninklijke Nederlandse Munt in Utrecht.

🔎		Finland	15 Jan. 2009	10th anniversary of the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU)	20001 20002 20005	1,400,000	•
	National characteristics : Above is the name of the issuing country "SUOMI FINLAND" (Finland, in Finnish and Swedish), the acronym of the occasion of issue below is "EMU". A horn of plenty with rounds the mint mark of the Finnish mint Suomen Rahapaja OY in Vantaa is to the right of the country name, the year of issue "2009" is shown below the name. Coins produced in the proof production process bear the normal Finnish edge marking, but the normal mittings bear the marking "TALOUS ‐ RAHALIITTO EMU •" (Economic and Monetary Union, in Finnish).

🔎		France	23 Jan. 2009	10th anniversary of the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU)	20001 20002 20005	10,074,085	•
	National characteristics : Above is the name of the issuing country "RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE" (French Republic), the acronym of the occasion of issue below is "UEM", flanked on the left by a cornucopia, the mint mark of the French mint Monnaie de Paris in Plessac. To the right of the year "2009" is a hunting horn with the sign of the zodiac Pisces, the logo of the mint master Hubert Larivières.

🔎		Germany	02 Jan. 2009	10th anniversary of the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU)	20001 20002 20005	30,565,630	•
	National characteristics : Above is the name of the issuing country "BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND" (Federal States of Germany), the acronym of the occasion of issue below is "WWU". In the middle on the right 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).

🔎		Greece	02 Jan. 2009	10th anniversary of the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU)	20001 20002 20005	4,000,000	•
	National characteristics : Above is the name of the issuing country "ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗ ΔΗΜΟΚΡΑΤΙΑ" (Hellenic Republic), the acronym of the occasion of issue below is "ΟΝΕ". On the right is a palmette the mint mark of the Greek mint Νομισματοκοπειο / Nomismatokopeio (Bank of Greece ‐ Mint) in Halandri.

🔎		Ireland	01 Jan. 2009	10th anniversary of the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU)	20001 20002 20005	3,812,908	•
	National characteristics : Above is the name of the issuing country "ÉIRE" (Ireland), the acronym of the occasion of issue below is shown on the left with "AEA" (in Irish) and on the right of the years with "EMU" (in English). 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 Royal Dutch mint Koninklijke Nederlandse Munt in Utrecht.

🔎		Italy	26 Mar. 2009	10th anniversary of the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU)	20001 20002 20005	2,000,500	•
	National characteristics : Above is the name of the issuing country "REPUBBLICA ITALIANA" (Italian Republic), the acronym of the occasion of issue below is "UEM". On the right is the "R" the mint mark of the Italian mint Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato in Rome.

🔎		Luxembourg	15 Jan. 2009	10th anniversary of the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU)	20001 20002 20005	825,000	•
	National characteristics : Above is the name of the issuing country "LËTZEBUERG" (Luxembourg), the acronym of the occasion of issue below is "UEM". Above the number "1999" is a square around the designer's "ΓΣ" deviating from the usual place due to multi-view minting. The logo of mint master Maarten Brouwer, the sails of the three‐masted clipper Nederland, flanks the 6 o'clock star on the left and the staff of Hermes the mint mark of the Dutch mint Koninklijke Nederlandse Munt in Utrecht on the right. Above the motif is the portrait of Grand Duke Henri designed by Alain Hoffmann as a latent image, since according to Luxembourg law no national coin may be issued without the portrait of the head of state (or at least his monogram).

🔎		Malta	05 Jan. 2009	10th anniversary of the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU)	20001 20002 20005	700,000	•
	National characteristics : Above is the name of the issuing country "MALTA", the acronym of the occasion of issue below is "UEM". The coin was minted without a mint mark at the Royal Dutch Mint Koninklijke Nederlandse Munt in Utrecht. In contrast to the normal edge lettering of Maltese coins, () is minted here.

🔎		Netherlands	07 Jan. 2009	10th anniversary of the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU)	20001 20002 20005	5,313,500	•
	National characteristics : Above is the name of the issuing country "NEDERLAND" (Netherlands), the acronym of the occasion of issue below is "EMU". The coin was minted without a mint mark at the Royal Dutch Mint Koninklijke Nederlandse Munt in Utrecht.

🔎		Portugal	05 Feb. 2009	10th anniversary of the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU)	20001 20002 20005	1,285,000	•
	National characteristics : Above is the name of the issuing country "Portugal", the acronym of the occasion of issue below is "UEM". The coin was minted without mint mark by the Portuguese mint Imprensa Nacional‐ Casa da Moeda S.A. in Lisbon.

🔎		Slovakia	07 Jan. 2009	10th anniversary of the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU)	20001 20002 20005	2,500,000	•
	National characteristics : Above is the name of the issuing country "SLOVENSKO" (Slovakia), the acronym of the occasion of issue below is "HMÚ". The mint mark "MK" between two embossing stamps of the Slovak mint Mincovňa Kremnica š.p. in Kremnica is shown on the left.

🔎		Slovenia	05 Jan. 2009	10th anniversary of the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU)	20001 20002 20005	1,000,000	•
	National characteristics : Above is the name of the issuing country "SLOVENIJA" (Slovenia), the acronym of the occasion of issue below is "EMU". The coin was minted without mint marks by the Finnish mint Suomen Rahapaja OY in Vantaa.

🔎		Spain	02 Feb. 2009	10th anniversary of the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU)	20001 20002 20005	8,000,000	•
	National characteristics : Above is the name of the issuing country "ESPAÑA" (Spain), the acronym of the occasion of issue below is "UEM". The letter "M" adorned with a crown, the mint mark sign of the Spanish mint Real Casa de la Moneda in Madrid is shown on the left.

References :
20001	Images taken with authorisation by the ECB ‐ Mail dated 20.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. The EU nevertheless tolerates them, as their numbers are very small and 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	© "European Commission"