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	Vatican euro coins - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Vatican euro coins feature the effigy of the late Pope John Paul II.
		Following the death of Pope John Paul II in 2005, the Vatican issued special coins during the period of Sede Vacante depicting the emblem of the Apostolic Chamber (i.e.
		All the coins carry the inscription "Città del Vaticano" and the twelve stars of Europe.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Vatican_euro_coins (211 words)

	Euro coins - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Though they are not members of the EU, Monaco, San Marino and Vatican City (but not Andorra) also have euro coins featuring a national side, but these only occasionally end up in general circulation as their scarcity leads to greater interest from coin collectors.
		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.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Euro_coins (1995 words)

	Euro coins (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The euro (EUR or €) is the currency of 12 European Union member states (Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain and the Republic of Ireland), as well as EU institutions.
		Though they are not members of the EU, Monaco, San Marino and Vatican City (but not Andorra) also have euro coins featuring a national side, but these are not expected to end up in general circulation, but rather are more of interest to coin collectors.
		The coins from Monaco feature the royal family's coat of arms and seal and the portrait of the current ruler, Prince Rainier III.
	www.bidprobe.com /en/wikipedia/e/eu/euro_coins.html (1027 words)

	Collecting euro coins 12/05/05
		The coins may be spent anywhere in the participating EU nations, across national borders, without the exchange rates experienced with the old national currencies.
		Euro circulation coinage is produced in eight denominations - the 1-, 2-, 5-, 10-, 25-, and 50-cent coins, and the €1 and €2 coins.
		A portrait drawn by Raphaël of Dante Alighieri, housed in the Pope Julius II Wing of the Vatican Palace, is used for the €2 coin.
	www.coinworld.com /news/120505/BW_1205.asp (2604 words)

	Euro Coins
		The common sides of the euro coins and the national sides of the euro coins produced in each of the twelve participating Countries, (Plus 3 additional countries who have adopted the Euro as their own currency: Monaco, San Marino and the Vatican), are shown on this website.
		The 1, 2 and 5 cent coins are reddish bronze in colour, the 10, 20 and 50 cent coins yellow, the €1 coin yellow on the outside with a silver-coloured centre, and the €2 coin silver-coloured on the outside with a yellow centre.
		Euro coins (regardless of the national designs) and euro notes are useable in all the countries of the euro area.
	www.geocities.com /justo_ie (377 words)

	CNN.com - Pope to grace Vatican euro coins - January 2, 2002
		Coins worth one and two euro, as well as various values of euro cents, will all carry a profile of Pope John Paul II.
		It was also decided that since the Vatican will simply be using euros without actually being part of the eurozone, its economic performance will not be subject to the criteria set for the euroland countries.
		It is believed, nonetheless, that the Vatican earns a tidy sum each year from the sale of its stamps and coins in packaged sets, mainly to collectors.
	edition.cnn.com /2001/WORLD/europe/12/25/vatican.euros (475 words)

	Vatican euro coins: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Vatican euro coins feature the effigy of Pope John Paul II[Click link for more facts about this topic].
		The swiss guard as part of the military of the vatican city is an exception to the swiss rulings of 1874 and 1927....
		The vatican secret archives (archivio segreto vaticano) contain the central repository of all the acts that have been promulgated by the roman catholic churchs...
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/v/va/vatican_euro_coins.htm (498 words)

	Vatican coins
		The coinage of coins from the Vatican is strictly related to the temporal power of the Popes, started with the Papal States from 754 to 1870, and followed by the State of the Vatican City up to now.
		The properties of the Vatican came from the endowments given to the Church from the 4th century in Rome mainly, called the Patrimony of St. Peter at the beginning and transformed in the duchy of Rome in the following, with an increasingly independence from the Eastern emperors.
		In 2001, even if the Vatican City is a state which do not belong to the Economic and Monetary Union, it has been granted the right to mint their own euro coins, as for the Republic of San Marino, by virtue of their long-standing monetary agreements with the Italian government.
	www.ilmarengo.com /vaticano/welcome.html (450 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 coins (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The on the 10- 20- and 50-cent coins the EU member states coming together (note the EU members who are at this not part of the euro are also Finally the 1- and 2-euro coins depict Europe without frontiers.
		Though they are not members of the Monaco San Marino and Vatican City (but not Andorra) also have euro coins featuring a side but these are not expected to up in general circulation but rather are of interest to coin collectors.
		Those from San Marino have various towers public buildings from the small nation on as well as the national coat of and the Vatican coins present the portrait Pope John Paul II Having coins with the effigy of religious leader accepted as legal tender caused controversy in certain countries such as France.
	www.freeglossary.com /Euro_coins (961 words)

	Greece missing in Euro (FXGallery) - FXMessage
		Additional images are possible for Vatican, Monaco and San Marino, also using the Euro officially and emitting their own Euro coins (though thiese emissions are extremely rare, and such coins are valued by collectors much more than their "official" facial value, with some coins valued 40 to 1000 times their official price).
		Finally, small coins of 1 and 2 cents that were officially emitted in 1999 in Finland still have official value, but are been withdrawn from the market, as they are mostly not used in commercial transactions, rounding all prices to a multiple of 5 cents.
		Euro coins are now actively searched by collectors, to get a complete collection of the 8 coins emitted in 1999 for each of the 12 countries, plus official emissions in Monaco, Vatican and San Marino, and limited editions in UK, France, Germany...
	www.oanda.com /products/msgboard/ubb/Forum9/HTML/000058.html (496 words)

	Papal Euro set for circulation
		Following a 1998 agreement between the Council of Ministers of the European Union, the Vatican's Philatelic and Numismatic Office is releasing Vatican euro coins to coincide with the wider launch of the Euro notes and coins next month throughout the European Union.
		Vatican euros will not include notes, as the agreements between Italy and the Vatican state, adopted when the Vatican lira came into circulation in 1929, did not foresee this possibility.
		There will be a total of eight coins valued at 1, 2, 4, 10, 50 cents of the euro, and coins of 1 and 2 euros.
	www.cathnews.com /news/112/62.php (226 words)

	Euro Coins (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The euro (EUR or €) is the currency of 12 European Union (EU) member states: (Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, and Spain); four European micro-states: (Andorra, Monaco, San Marino and the Holy See - Vatican City), Montenegro and Kosovo, as well as EU institutions.
		The 1, 2 and 5 cent coins were designed by Rolf Lederbogen, the design for the 10, 20 and 50 cent coins is by the hand of Reinhart Heinsdorff and the 1 and 2 euro coins were done by Heinz Hoyer and Sneschana Russewa-Hoyer.
		The minor series of 1, 2 and 5 cent coins were designed by Garcilaso Rollán, the middle series of 10, 20, and 50 cent coins by Begoña Castellanos and the two major coins feature the portrait or effigy of King Juan Carlos of Spain by the hand of Luis José Diaz.
	www.wwwtln.com /finance/71/euro-coins.html (1329 words)

	Euro Coins - Italy
		In Italy, the euro coin designs were subject to scrutiny by a national technical and artistic committee before being presented to the nation on RAI uno, Italy’s largest national television station.
		This depicts a portrait drawn by Raphaël of Dante Alighieri, housed in the Pope Julius II Wing of the Vatican Palace.
		This coin shows the famous drawing by Leonardo da Vinci, displayed in the gallery of the Academy in Venice, illustrating the ideal proportions of the human body.
	www.emmsaid.com /euroitaly.htm (258 words)

	Results in (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Despite the strong support of Pope John Paul II for the euro, the Vatican may be the last country to put its euro coins into circulation.
		Coin collectors converging in early January on the Vatican's Philatelic-Numismatic Office were told to return in February or early March to buy the coins bearing the pope's image.
		One side of the euro is identical in all the countries while the other bears a national image, The Vatican euro coins, to be minted in denominations of 1, 2, 5, 10, 20 and 50 cents and 1 and 2 euros, show the pope in profile.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1058/is_2_119/ai_82479092 (374 words)

	Printable Version - WFMY News 2
		Vatican City -- Each year the Vatican issues euro coins, that are legal tender and able to be used Europe-wide.
		Also being issued is a two euro coin ($2.35) celebrating World Youth Day, displaying Cologne Cathedral, which saw Pope Benedict XVI journey to his native Germany in August on his first foreign trip abroad as pontiff.
		This coin will cost euro 11 ($12.90) and the Vatican is planning to mint a maximum of 100,000 coins.
	www.wfmynews2.com /printfullstory.aspx?storyid=53404 (241 words)

	Telegraph \| News
		Euro enthusiasm is rife among numismatists in Germany who say the coin-collectors' market, which was going through a lull a year ago, is experiencing a huge revival.
		In the flea markets of Berlin, many of the 120 different euro coins are to be found selling for way beyond their face value.
		As almost a third of all euro coins are German, citizens in small countries such as Finland which has produced only a small number of euros will soon find their wallets full of "foreign" coins.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/01/01/neuro301.xml (471 words)

	Catholic Diocese of Clogher - www.clogherdiocese.ie (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Numismatic Office of Vatican City will issue a special series of Vatican Euro coins on April 10 to mark the 25th year of Pope John Paul's papacy.
		For the Vatican coins, the national side has the profile of Pope John Paul, Sovereign of Vatican City State, the words "Città del Vaticano" (Vatican City) and 12 stars.
		Both sets of coins come in silver holders (the proof version in a special box) to mark the 25th or Silver Anniversary of John Paul II's pontificate.
	www.clogherdiocese.ie /news/news-9april2003-popecoins.html (254 words)

	euro coins (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		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)

	Euro Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Euro coins have one common side and one national side.
		There are coins in denominations of 2, 1, 50 cent, 20 cent, 10 cent, 5 cent, 2 cent and 1 cent.
		Euro coins are also available for Monaco, San Marino and Vatican City.
	www.euro.gov.uk /eurocoins.asp (167 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The eight denominations of Euro coins vary in size, colour and thickness according to their values, which are 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50 Eurocent or Eur 1 and Eur 2.
		The euro coins incorporate the safest machine-readable characteristics and can be used in vending machines throughout the euro area, irrespective of the Member State which issued them.
		Euro coins can be used anywhere in the euro area, regardless of their national sides.
	www.vatican.va /news_services/press/documentazione/documents/sp_ss_scv/euro/euro_en.html (1136 words)

	Mini-State Euros Demanding Big Prices \| World Cup 2006 \| Deutsche Welle \| 17.04.2005
		Großansicht des Bildes mit der Bildunterschrift: A euro is not just worth a euro when it depicts John Paul II The deaths of Pope John Paul II and Monaco's Prince Rainier have been a boon for coin collectors.
		Bildunterschrift: Großansicht des Bildes mit der Bildunterschrift: The one euro coin from MonacoJust like the number of visitors to Prince Rainier's funeral on Friday paled in comparison to that of the pope's, the number of transactions for Monaco coins is lower.
		Coin collectors are frantically searching for hidden treasures among the old national coins in the different countries.
	www.dw-world.de /dw/article/0,1564,1553137,00.html (808 words)

	The Eurocoin Pages - Euro Coin Starter Kits
		These kits were sold before the start of the euro (1/1/2002) to the euro zone citizens, for them to have some change to start with.
		Only 2500 of this little plastic bags with one of each of the eight Vatican Euro coins were made for the ca.
		These sets may have been presented to officials and/or VIP’s, but are no "starter kits" in the true sense of the word as they came available only after the Vatican City euro coins were minted; which minting took place nearly two months AFTER the euro was introduced on January 1st, 2002.
	www.eurocoins.liesemeijer.com /StarterKits.html (240 words)

	VIS-Press releases (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Since then, Perugino's "Resurrection of Christ" has served as the solemn and significant backdrop to many audiences of pontiffs, especially visiting heads of state or government and new ambassadors who present their Letters of Credence to the Holy Father, thereby becoming one of the best-known paintings in the extensive artistic patrimony of the Church.
		On April 28, the Vatican's Euro coins marking the 27th year of the Pontificate of His Holiness John Paul II will go on sale.
		The BU series of 8 coins costs 23 Euro whereas the proof version, which also includes a medal of this pontificate, costs 125 Euro.
	www.vatican.va /news_services/press/vis/dinamiche/b1_en.htm (248 words)

	ECB: €2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		This coin depicts a scene from a mosaic in Sparta (third century AD), showing Europa being abducted by Zeus, who has taken the form of a bull.
		This depicts a portrait drawn by Raphaël of Dante Alighieri, housed in the Pope Julius II Wing of the Vatican City Palace.
		The 12 stars are confined to half the circumference of the coin.
	www.ecb.int /bc/coins/national/2euro/html/index.en.html (652 words)

	Catholic World News : Vatican to release first coins with Pope Benedict's image
		Vatican, Dec. 02, 2005 (CWNews.com) - The Vatican will strike the first coins bearing the image of Pope Benedict XVI (bio - news) on December 6.
		The first complete sets of the new coins carrying the image of Pope Benedict XVI will be placedon sale in the spring of 2006.
		The final coins of the pontificate of John Paul II were released after his death.
	www.cwnews.com /news/viewstory.cfm?recnum=41053 (288 words)

	Independent Catholic News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Numismatic Office of Vatican City will issue a special series of Vatican Euro coins tomorrow to mark the 25th year of Pope John Paul's papacy.
		Euro coins, minted by individual countries, have a European theme on one side and a national image on the other side.
		For the Vatican coins, the national side has the profile of Pope John Paul, Sovereign of Vatican City State, the words 'Città del Vaticano' and 12 stars.
	www.indcatholicnews.com /vcoins.html (314 words)

	Vatican Euro Coins
		The designs of all eight of the Euro coins for the Vatican are identical, showing His Holiness, Pope John Paul II, facing left.
		We expect to have uncirculated official mint sets of coins from all 12 Euro zone countries in stock during 2002, plus the three minor states including the Vatican.
		Our Vatican Euro sets are packaged in an attractive card within a 2-sided plastic case so that the coins can be viewed from both sides or removed if required.
	www.eurocoins.co.uk /vatican.html (498 words)

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