TYE - Half a dozen

Ten Years of Euro Banknotes and Coins - TYE

6 more TYE UNC coins, all depicted in the image, (from Finland, Austria, Irland, Slovénia, Belgium and Germany -J), also sent by Jose, from Murcia, Spain. 

The Euro-sign in the centre of the coin shows that the Euro has become an element of particular importance in Europe as well all over the world as the Euro evolved to a global player in the international monetary system in the last 10 years.  

The design elements around the Euro- symbol on the coin 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). 

Citizens and residents of the euro area have selected the winning design for this new euro coin issued by all euro area countries to commemorate ten years of euro banknotes and coins in January 2012.

The winning design symbolises the way in which the euro has become a true global player over the past ten years, as well as its importance in day-to-day life,

See last two posts

A touch of Genius

Issued year - 2009, September

The bicentenary of the birth of Louis Braille coin, along with the others depicted in the image were also sent by Bernard, in exchange for several portuguese ones.

In the French town of Coupvray, near Paris, there stands a little stone house that, in 1809, was the home of the local harness maker, Simon René Braille, his wife Monique, and their growing family. On January 4th of that year, the house grew a little livelier with the birth of their fourth child, Louis. Louis was a bright and inquisitive child, characteristics that were to play a role both in the tragic accident that caused his blindness and in his triumph over the limitations to reading that were the normal consequences of blindness at that time...See last post and the next ones

Issuing volume: 5.000.000

Belgium - 2008 New Series

Another month, another swap with Wendy from The Netherlands. Among others she sent me 2 (2 € and 50 cent) shining 2008 Belgian coins (in 2008, Belgium slightly modified the design, although all the coins still depicts King Albert II).

Thanks.

Click here to see the image of the Belgian first series coins.

Since 1999 to 2007.

Click here to see the image of the 2008 Belgian second series coins.

10 years of Economic and Monetary Union - Malta

Is there any Slovakian collector interested in one or more of these Maltese coins?

Issued year - 2009, January

5 magnificent and shining 2009 EMU coins, depicted in the image, 4 from Malta and 1 from Belgium (see last post), result of my last exchange with David Attard, from Malta.

This original coin shows in the centre a stylised human figure whose left arm is prolonged by the euro symbol.

Thanks again, David.

Issuing volume of the Maltese EMU coin: 700.000

Birth of the euro - 10 years - Belgian coin

Issued year - 2009, January

All these fabulous coins depicted in the image result of a recent swap with one nice friendly collector from Malta, David Attard. He sent me 5 EMU coins in exchange of 4 Portuguese commemoratives coins. First we can see in the image, the Belgian EMU and behind 4 Malta EMU coins (see next post).

Thanks, David.

Issuing volume of the Belgian EMU coin: 5.000.000

Human Rights - The Portuguese one

Issued year - 2008, September

At last I could get one of these magnificent portuguese 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights coins. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights is a declaration adopted by Great Assembly of United Nations in December 1948. This one is going to be side by side with the Belgium coin but I'm still missing the coin representing Italy, and also from Finland, issued this month. I'm trying to get some more of this beautiful coin celebrating Human Rights.

Issuing volume: 1.035.000

Today, October 25, I have these 6 available for swap

Is anyone out there interested in getting me the Italian or the Finish Human Rights coin, issued this month, in exchange for one or more of these portuguese?

Third Time's The Charm

Issuance year - 2008 - April/May

All those coins depicted in the picture could only result from a third swap with Wendy, from the Netherlands. And what can we say about this magnificent 2008 Belgium 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights coin? It came with a 2007 and a 2008 Bundesland Series coin, two Rome Treaty ones (one from Germany and one from Netherlands), a 2004 Italian World Food Program (all in the image) and also three currency finnish and austrian coins. Hartelijk dank.

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaIssuing volume: 5.000.000

Great New Swap

Once again, 22 more coins for my collection. Who sent them? As you can see in the picture, it was Wendy from Netherlands.

Three magnificent commemorative coins - French and German TOR and also a German Schleswig-Holstein, two wonderful currency ones from Slovenia and the others seventeen are from Belgium, Germany, Luxembourg, and obviously from Netherlands.
Thanks again.

Commemorative Belgian Atomium

Issuance year - 2006

The image only features one of 5 commemorative coins and other missing 17 coins sent me, by a friendly and very nice "Dutch", Wendy from The Netherlands. That was a good mach as swapping partners. This beautiful and original coin shows in the centre a representation of the ‘Atomium’, strange monument built in 1958 in Brussels for the Universal Exhibition.

Issuing volume: 5 million coins

Commemorative Belgian coin

Issuance year - 2005

It's not a good photo of the effigies of Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg and King Albert II of Belgium. Not so pretty as the other ones, mainly because they are depicted in profile (from left to right) in the centre of the coin, above the year of issue, 2005.

The engraver's initials, ‘LL', appear to the lower right. The two effigies and the date are surrounded by the outer ring bearing the 12 stars of the EU and the monograms of Grand Duke Henri on the left and of King Albert II on the right.

Only one available for swap by other commmemorative missing coin.

Issuing volume: 6 million coins

Belgium

Since 1999 up to 2007, all the belgian coins depicts King Albert II and a monogram – a capital "A" underneath a crown – among 12 stars, symbolising Europe. The year of issue is part of the design, but unhappyly for us, few are the years with the 8 different currencies issued.

Click here to see the image of the Belgian coins.

YEAR	0,01 €	0,02 €	0,05 €	0,10 €	0,20 €	0,50 €	1,00 €	2,00 €
1999	E	N	E	E	N	E	E	N
2000	N	E	N	N	E	N	N	E
2001	E	N	N	E	N	N	N	N
2002	N	N	N	N	E	E	E	E
2003	V	E	E	N	E	N	N	E
2004	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E
2005	V	V	V	V	V	V	V	V
2006	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
2007	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?

E-Easy to get ---- - ----- V-Very difficult to get------ - - ---- N-Not issued

Missing coins
Many coins have not been issued, and it's difficult to find the missing ones, mainly the coins of 2006 and 2007.

2003	1 c
2005	1 c	2 c				50 c	1 €
2006				10c		50 c	1 €
2007			5 c	10c			1 €
2008	1 c	2 c	5 c	10c
2009			5 c	10c
2010	1 c	2 c	5 c		20 c	50 c	1 €	2 €

2008 - Series 2

2009 - Series 3

Last Update: 03/12/2010