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  ipedia.com: Austrian euro coins Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-23)
The euro coins have two different sides; one common, European side showing the value of the coin...
The euro coins have two different sides; one common, European side showing the value of the coin and one national side featuring a design chosen by the EU member state where the coin was minted.
Austrian euro coins have a unique design for every single coin, with a common theme for each of the three series of coins.
www.ipedia.com /austrian_euro_coins.html   (220 words)

  
 Kids.net.au - Encyclopedia Austrian euro coins -   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-23)
The euro (EUR or €) is the common currency for most European nations within the European Union, including Austria.
The euro coins have two different sides; one common, European side showing the value of the coin and one national side featuring a design chosen by the EU member state where the coin was minted.
Austrian euro coins have a unique design for every single coin, though there is a common theme for every one of the three series of coins, with the minor coins having Austrian flowers, the middle coins examples of architecture from Austria's capital, Vienna, and the two major coins feature two famous Austrians.
www.kidsseek.com /encyclopedia-wiki/au/Austrian_euro_coins   (207 words)

  
 Euro coins - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Turkish 1 Lira coin resembles very much the 2-euro coin in both weight and size, and both coins seem to be recognised and accepted by slot machines as being a 2-euro coin, which is roughly worth 4 times more.
Euro coins were designed in cooperation with organisations representing blind persons, and as a result they incorporate many features allowing them to be distinguished by touch alone.
Of the seven denominations of euro coins, the three lowest denominations are small and distinctly reddish in color, and quite thin and light.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Euro_coins   (1973 words)

  
 Austrian euro coins - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Austrian euro coins have a unique design for each denomination, with a common theme for each of the three series of coins.
The minor coins feature Austrian flowers, the middle coins examples of architecture from Austria's capital, Vienna, and the two major coins famous Austrians.
On May 11, 2005, a €2 coin was issued celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of the Austrian Staatsvertrag (State Treaty).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Austrian_euro_coins   (189 words)

  
 Economic and Financial Affairs - The Euro: Our Currency - Glossary
Coins with a core inserted in a ring, the core and the ring being of different colours and different metals or alloys, and which are generally harder to counterfeit than regular coins.
The euro area encompasses those Member States of the European Union in which the euro has been adopted as the single currency in accordance with the Treaty and in which a single monetary policy is conducted under the responsibility of the decision-making bodies of the ECB (European Central Bank).
The euro was legally a scriptural currency in the 11 Member States of the euro area during the period from its launch on 1 January 1999 until the introduction of notes and coins on 1 January 2002.
europa.eu.int /comm/economy_finance/euro/glossary/glossary_en.htm   (3470 words)

  
 Austrian 10-Euro Coins
The obverse carries the inscriptions, "Republik Österreich", "10 euro" and "2002".
It was the Austrian response to Versailles in France.
The obverse of the coin depicts the entrance to Hellbrunn Castle from its forecourt.
www.austriancoins.com /10e.html   (1223 words)

  
 National flag on Austrian EURO coins (Austria)
Indeed, the English translation [1] mentions "the red-white-red flag of Austria" and "the Austrian flag." Unfortunately, the English translation is incomplete, as it omits the references to "heraldic representation".
This coin has been issued by the Austrian government to celebrate the May 1 enlargement of the European Union with 10 new countries.
The coin’s reverse features a map of Europe with the location of the ten new countries marked by flags, and their official names in the native language toward the bottom.
www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/at_euro.html   (517 words)

  
 Euro coins
The euro coins are a microcosm of European culture, history and geography.
Flip the euro coin again so it comes down not ‘tails’ but ‘heads’ and it will still be clear that it is a euro coin: it will show the twelve stars of the European flag.
Flip the euro coin in Greece and instead of calling ‘heads and tails’, it will be possible to hark back to the origin of coin-flipping and call ‘capita aut navia’ (heads or ships) as they did in Ancient Rome.
www.delpak.cec.eu.int /WHATSNEW/euro-coins-sept-03.htm   (1105 words)

  
 Euro - Austria
The center of the coin bears the secession building in Vienna, illustrating the birth of art nouveau in Austria and symbolising the birth of a new age, representing a bridge to a new monetary era.
This coin depicts the edelweiss, al alpine star, symbol of respect for the environment and of Austria's role in the development of environmental politics within the Union.
The center of the coin depicts a gentian, symbol of respect for the environment and of Austria's role in the development of environmental politics within the Union.
euromania.altervista.org /en_aus.htm   (285 words)

  
 Euro leaves mark after six months - 6/24/02   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-23)
The coins, introduced Jan. 1 in 12 European Union nations and also used elsewhere in Europe, bear common reverses (ringed bimetallic x1 and x2 coins are shown) and national obverses unique to the issuing countries.
The euro is such a success story that many Brits are predicting that a conversion from the stalwart, venerated pound is inevitable for the United Kingdom.
Euro Collections International's Murray Church said that his company has been unable to send out its traditional mailings advertising new issues because the coins sell out so quickly that the mailings are obsolete when they reach collectors' mailboxes.
www.coinworld.com /ebay/News/070102/News-5.asp   (646 words)

  
 euro coins   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-23)
Residents of the euro-area still regularly check the change in their pockets to see which coins they have picked up.  They may well find they are carrying around the coins of half a dozen nations, particularly if they live in a major capital or travel regularly.
Flip the euro coin again so it comes down not 'tails' but 'heads' and it will still be clear that it is a euro coin: it will show the twelve stars of the European flag.  But it will be clearly identified with a country.
The sower on some of the French coins conveys the same association of ideas between the former currency and the euro.  The design is one of 1,240 submitted by 97 coin designers in France's euro coin design competition.
www.ecdel.org.au /euro_and_you/coins.htm   (752 words)

  
 Austrian Euro Coins
The one and two Euro coins are bi-metallic.
The reverse of the one Euro has a portrait of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
This 2€ commemorative coin was issued to commemorate the 50th anniversary of
www.austriancoins.com /euro.html   (376 words)

  
 Die EURO - Muenzen   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-23)
Bertha von Suttner was chosen for the design of the 2 Euro coin.
The baroness was a leading figure in the peace movement before the First World War, and in 1905 she received the Nobel Prize for Peace.
The European stars, the Austrian flag and the date are standard elements on all the coins.
www.austrian-mint.com /e/euro/euromuenz.html   (274 words)

  
 CNN - Europe wakes up to new year and new currency - December 31, 1998
The euro will be used immediately for electronic financial and business transactions, but euro coins and notes won't be issued to the general public until January 2002.
The introduction of the euro will change the fields of finance, industry, commerce and international relations for the participating nations: Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal and Spain.
Creation of the euro is seen as one of the most extraordinary steps in Europe's long history, forging a common future as an integrated economic power when, just over 50 years ago, many were enemies on the battlefield.
www.cnn.com /WORLD/europe/9812/31/euro.01   (620 words)

  
 European numismatics - Coin images gallery
Finnish euro coins have three designs, though two of them are each found on one coin only.
The design for the minor and middle series of coins is by Heikki Häiväoja, the design for the 1 euro coin was done by Pertti Mäkinen and the national side of the 2 euro coin is by the hand of Raimo Heino.
Belgian euro coins feature only a single design for all eight coins: the portrait or effigy of King Albert II of Belgium and his royal monogram.
www.eurocoinage.info /archives/P3.html   (292 words)

  
 Austrian reservations about Slovenian euro coins - 11-11-2005 - Radio Prague
Slovenia is hoping to adopt the euro - the European common currency - in January of 2007.
The issue is further sensitive because the Austrian region of Carinthia is home to a sizeable Slovenian minority (estimates range around 14,000) and there have recently been disputes there about such things as bilingual town signs.
The Austrian constitution protects the image of the federal eagle, the federal flag, and the state flags and emblems.
www.radio.cz /en/article/72665   (671 words)

  
 Italian euro coins - Psychology Central   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-23)
Italian euro coins all have a design unique to each coin, though there is a common theme of famous Italian works of art from one of Italy's renowned artists.
Each coin is designed by a different designer, from the 1 cent to the 2 euro coin they are: Eugenio Driutti, Luciana De Simoni, Ettore Lorenzo Frapiccini, Claudia Momoni, Maria Angela Cassol, Roberto Mauri, Laura Cretara and Maria Carmela Colaneri.
The choice of the design of the coins was left to the Italian public by means of a TV broadcast where alternative designs were presented, letting the people vote by calling a certain telephone number.
psychcentral.com /psypsych/Italian_euro_coins   (344 words)

  
 Euro Coins - Austria
We have uncirculated sets of Euro coins from each of the twelve member countries in stock now for immediate delivery.
This coin shows the secession building in Vienna, illustrating the birth of art nouveau in Austria and symbolising the birth of a new age, representing a bridge to a new monetary era.
This coin shows a gentian, as the last part of the floral series, symbolising a duty to the environment and the part Austria is playing in the development of a Community environmental policy.
www.emmsaid.com /euroaustria.htm   (276 words)

  
 World Coins / Monnaies du Monde
King Albert II (Belgium) is the only one to have his monogram (crowned A II) on the coins, Queen Beatrix (The Netherlands) has her full name and title "Beatrix, Queen of the Netherlanders".
As the older coins will no longer be legal tender, many people who are not already collecting coins will keep start to keep their "present" national coins...
We have, maybe, critized, too muchthose new Euro coins but we feel very excited about this totally newexperience and wonder how often we shall be able to find Finnish Eurocoins in Spain or in Greece and vice versa.
home.tiscali.be /mia-scris/Euro.html   (1621 words)

  
 The Eurocoin Pages - Annual Euro Circulation Coins
The Euro Circulation Coins are valid in all euro countries.
The Belgian Euro Circulation Coins were designed by Jan Alfons Keustermans, Director of the Municipal Academy of Fine Arts of Turnhout.
The 12 stars are confined to half the circumference of the coin.
www.eurocoins.liesemeijer.com /Annuals.html   (1250 words)

  
 Diggafromdover world coins   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-23)
These coins where minted less than 10 years before the Mahatma ever so gently pried the jewel from the crown, for which deed he paid for his life, first in a series of Ghandis to be shot (Indira) or blown up (Rajiv).
These large bronze coins are the post-independence issue dated 1964, as evidenced by the lack of the crown or monarch on the coin.
The late emperor Haile Sellasie was known as the Lion of Judah, and the lion on this coin remains the symbol of the country.
world.std.com /~digga/diggafromdover.html   (9510 words)

  
 International Travel News: European Potpourri - Euro currency, Union Bank of Switzerland's publication Earnings Around ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-23)
Though sketches of the euro banknotes have been printed, their final appearance will not be revealed to the public until Sept. 1, 2001, when cash in the new European currency will be made available to the public.
The eight coins that have been minted and which will be put in circulation in the 12 countries are uniform only, on the side that shows the euro amount: one, two, five, 10, 20 and 50 euro cents plus two euro coins, one of one euro and the second of two euros.
The two Austrian euro coins are yellow and white: the one-euro coin depicts Mozart, while the 2-euro coin carries the image of Berta von Suttner.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m3648/is_6_26/ai_77150815   (1237 words)

  
 EUROTRASH
The launch of euro notes and coins on 1 January 2002 is the last straw for Britain's anti-Europeans.
The euro is obviously still in my mind as something new: I had a dream last night about getting lots of "foreign" euros in my change.
Because the Dutch and Belgian euro coins make up only a small percentage of all euro coins, it is expected that eventually the 'foreign' euro coins will replace the 'domestic' euro coins for a large part.
www.lightningfield.com /eurotrash   (1404 words)

  
 BBC News | Europe | Euro Cash | Spent currencies
After a period of fast inflation in the 1950s, there was a currency reform changing 100 old markkas for one new markka.
The basic design of the one-markka coin has remained unchanged for the past 140 years - carrying the lion rampant from the Finnish coat of arms.
With the country split almost 50:50 on the issue, Finland is the least enthusiastic of the euro countries.
news.bbc.co.uk /hi/english/static/in_depth/business/2001/euro_cash/spent_currencies/markka.stm   (216 words)

  
 BBC News | Europe | Euro Cash | Spent currencies
After the end of the war, all remaining silver coins were taken out of circulation and notes issued by the Bank of Spain became legal tender.
Against this background it is perhaps not surprising that support for the euro rides high in Spain, with 68% in favour of it.
Spain's euro coins will pay tribute to its history, depicting Christopher Columbus as well as some of the country's architectural landmarks.
news.bbc.co.uk /hi/english/static/in_depth/business/2001/euro_cash/spent_currencies/peseta.stm   (180 words)

  
 Ireland Information Guide , Irish, Counties, Facts, Statistics, Tourism, Culture, How
The euro (EUR or €) is the common currency for most European nations within the European Union, including Italy.
Italian euro coins all have a design unique to one coin, though there is a common theme of famous Italian works of art from one of Italy's renowned artists.
There are no italian coins dated earlier than 2002, even if they were imprinted earlier for sure, as they were first distributed to the public in december 2001.
www.irelandinformationguide.com /Italian_euro_coins   (238 words)

  
 Fleur de Coin - Buy the Austrian euro coins   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-23)
Once the center of power for the large Austro-Hungarian Empire, Austria was reduced to a small republic after its defeat in World War I. Following annexation by Nazi Germany in 1938 and subsequent occupation by the victorious Allies in 1945, Austria's status remained unclear for a decade.
Following the Soviet Union's collapse in 1991 and Austria's entry into the European Union in 1995, some Austrians have called into question this neutrality.
Click 'Display item' in order to receive further information about the coins (including a picture) and place the item into your shopping cart.
www.fleur-de-coin.com /eurocoinsaustria.asp?sec=7   (332 words)

  
 GovMint.com - 2003 Austria Euro BU Coin Set
The 2003 Austria Mint Set contains all eight of the 2003-dated Euro coins, from the 1-cent to the 2 euros, all bearing the Austrian national obverse.
The richly illustrated cover shows a portrait of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, who is featured on the 1 Euros coins.
1 Euros — Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, the portrait used as a model was that by Barbara Krafft in 1819.
www.govmint.com /countrylistings/europe/austria/2003buset.aspx   (285 words)

  
 Austrian Euro Coins
We have uncirculated sets of Euro coins from each of the twelve member countries in stock now for immediate delivery.
This coin shows the secession building in Vienna, illustrating the birth of art nouveau in Austria and symbolising the birth of a new age, representing a bridge to a new monetary era.
This coin shows a gentian, as the last part of the floral series, symbolising a duty to the environment and the part Austria is playing in the development of a Community environmental policy.
www.eurocoins.co.uk /austria.html   (513 words)

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