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2007
Image Country Date Feature Ref. Volume  
 
🔎		 Germany 02 Feb. 2007 Mecklenburg‐Western Pomerania (Schwerin Castle)
2nd coin in the Federal States series		 20001
20002
20005 		31,245,630  
 

 
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Description : The House of Mecklenburg, a dynasty of dukes and grand dukes, which emerged from the Abodrites, ruled over Mecklenburg and later Mecklenburg‐Schwerin from 1131 to 1918. Schwerin Castle, a building that has evolved historically over a thousand years, is situated on an island in the town of Schwerin. In 1845‐1857 a major reconstruction in the neo‐renaissance style took place under the direction of Georg Adolf Demmler and the participation of Gottfried Semper and Friedrich August Stüler. The latter designed the dome, which is crowned by a statue of the Archangel Michael. Beneath the front facade is the equestrian statue of Prince Niklot (∼1100‐1160), the anscestor of the dukes and grand dukes of Mecklenburg. The coin shows the castle, also called Neuschwanstein of the North, which today is the seat of the state parliament. Below the motif is the name "MECKLENBURG‐VORPOMMERN" (Mecklenburg‐Western Pomerania) below this are the initials "HH" of the designer Heinz Hoyer. Above the motif is the German mint mark (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). "BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND" (Federal States of Germany) is arranged in a semicircle in the lower part of the outer ring and at the top the year "2007" is flanked on both sides by six European stars.
 
🔎		 Luxembourg 02 Feb. 2007 Grand Ducal Palace
4th coin of the Grand-Ducal Dynasty series		 20001
20002
20005 		1,031,000  
 

 
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Description : The coin design, based on a design concept of the Banque Centrale du Luxembourg - BCL (Luxembourg Central Bank), depicts Grand Duke Henri in half‐profile on the left, with the residence of the Grand Ducal family, Berg Castle, designed by Max Ostenrieder and Pierre Funck‐Eydt under Grand Duke Wilhelm IV and built in 1907‐1911, to the right. The name of the issuing country "LËTZEBUERG" (Luxembourg) can be seen below, the year of issue "2008" above, flanked on the left by a cornucopia the mint mark of the French mint Monnaie de Paris in Plessac and on the right by a hunting horn with the sign of the zodiac Pisces the logo of the French mint master Hubert Larivière.
 
  🔎		 Common Issue 25 Mar. —
02 Apr. 2007		 50th anniversary of the Signature of the Treaty of Rome 20001
20002
20005 		87,687,666  
 

 
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Description : The Treaty establishing the European Community, called the Treaty of Rome (originally called the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community and renamed the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union in December 2009) was signed on 25 March 1957 by Belgium, the Federal Republic of Germany, France, Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands at the Conservatory Palace in Rome. It came into force on 1st of January 1958. At the same time two other treaties were concluded, the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, which established EURATOM, and the Agreement on Institutions Common to the European Communities, which stipulated that the European Economic Community (EEC), the European Atomic Energy Community (EURATOM) and the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) had a common parliamentary assembly (now the European Parliament), a common Court of Justice and a common Economic and Social Committee. On the 5th of May 2006, EU Commissioner Joaquín Almunia and Eurogroup President Jean‐Claude Juncker announced the first transnational 2‐Euro commemorative coin to mark the 50th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome. The directors of the Italian mint Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato, the Spanish mint Real Casa de la Moneda and the Austrian Mint Münze Österreich AG met in Vienna to exchange ideas. The ideas were presented and amalgamated into a design by the commissioned engraver Helmut Andexlinger, after approval he produced a model of the coin. It shows the treaty with the signatures of the representatives from the six founding states, framed by the pavement pattern of the Capitol Square in Rome, designed by Michelangelo where the treaty was signed.
 
In a departure from this, Luxembourg coins also feature a latent image of Grand Duke Henri, as Luxembourg law does not allow a national coin to be issued without the image of the head of state.
 
Three non‐euro countries have also adopted the motif in their respective currencies: Romania, 10 Lei; Hungary, 50 Forints; Cyprus, 1 Lira.
 
🔎		 Portugal 02 Jul. 2007 Portuguese Presidency of the Council of the European Union 20001
20002
20005 		1,300,000  
 

 
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Description : Maria Irene Vilar chose a cork oak to symbolise Europe. These evergreen deciduous trees grow in Portugal over an area of 7,500 square kilometres and in the neighbouring Spanish autonomous community of Extremadura. Portugal is the world's largest cork poducent. On the left of the trunk ‐ as in the coat of arms of Portugal ‐ the coat of arms is depicted on an armillary sphere, to the right of which the country's name "PORTUGAL" is written in three lines. Below, in a semicircle from left to right, are the designer's signature, the year "2007", "INCM" the mint mark of the Portuguese mint Imprensa Nacional‐ Casa da Moeda S.A. in Lisbon and the occasion of issue "PRESIDÊNCIA DO CONSELHO DA UE" (EU Council Presidency).
 
🔎		 Monaco 12 Jul. 2007 25th anniversary of the death of Princess Grace 20001
20002
20005 		20,001  
 

 
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Description : Similar to the 10‐franc gold coin of Monaco of 1982, the commemorative coin shows the design of Roger Bernard Baron (1907‐1994), the head of Princess Grace of Monaco facing to the left. Before her marriage to Prince Rainier III of Monaco in 1956, she was known as the American film actress "Grace Kelly", and was then called Grace Patricia Grimaldi. On the right, from bottom to top, there is the issuing country "MONACO", a cornucopia as a sign of the French mint Monnaie de Paris in Plessac, the year of issue "2007" and a hunting horn with the sign of the zodiac Pisces, the symbol of the mint master Hubert Larivière. Inside next to the motif is the designer's "R.B.BARON" logo. Due to its small circulation and popularity the coin became the most expensive 2 Euro commemorative coin ever traded .
 
🔎		 San Marino 09 Oct. 2007 200th birthday of Giuseppe Garibaldi 20001
20002
20005 		130,000  
 

 
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Description : Giuseppe Garibaldi (1807‐1882) was a fighter for the pre‐1870 Italian unification movement, the Risorgimento, and is today considered a national symbol of Italy. He took part in the Italian revolutions of 1848/49 and was leader of the revolutionary army in the short‐lived Roman Republic proclaimed on the 9th of February 1849. His campaigns made him a national hero. With his troops, he was initially able to hold off the French army intervening in favour of the fugitive Pope Pius IX, but was forced to flee after the capitulation of the Roman Republic on the 3rd of July 1849 and found temporary refuge in San Marino. His depiction follows a photo from 1866. On the left is the name "SAN MARINO" and the letter "R" the mint mark of the Italian mint Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato in Rome, on the right the year of issue "2007". The signet "E.L.F." of the designer Ettore Lorenzo Frapiccini can be seen on the left under the name of the issuing state.
 
🔎		 Vatican City 23 Oct. 2007 80th birthday of Pope Benedict XVI 20001
20002
20005 		100,000  
 

 
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Description : Pope Benedict XVI, bourgeois Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger (born 1927 in Marktl, Bavaria) was head of the Catholic Church from 2005 until his resignation in 2013. Since then he has lived in seclusion as Pope emeritus in the Vatican. His portrait is framed by the inscriptions "BENEDICTI XVI P.M. ÆTATIS ANNO LXXX" (80th anniversary of Pope Benedict XVI) on the right and "CITTÀ DEL VATICANO" (Vatican City) on the left. The lower left‐hand side shows the "R" the mint mark of the Italian mint Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato in Rome and below it the year of issue "2007". The logos "LONGO" of the designer Daniela Longo and "MCC INC." (INC. = Incisore / Engraver) by engraver Maria Carmela Colaneri appear on the shoulder and lapel of the Pope respectively.
 
🔎		 Finland 03 Dec. 2007 90th anniversary of Finland's independence 20001
20002
20005 		2,000,000  
 

 
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Description : The commemorative coin designed by Reijo Juhani Paavilainen shows a longship, a Nordic rowing vessel similar to the Gokstad ship. Nine people (only the rowers on one side of the ship are visible) are rowing to the left ‐ symbolically towards freedom. Waves are stylised below the boat. The year of issue "2007" is shown at the top, the year of Finnish independence "1917" at the bottom. On the right side is the country abbreviation "FI" (Finland) and on the left a horn of plenty with rounds the mint mark of the Finnish mint Suomen Rahapaja OY in Vantaa.
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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, 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