The official name in fact was adopted in Madrid from the European Council in in order to replace the initials ECU used until that moment. However they are different the reasons for which this type of denomination was discarded in favor of what today we all know. The main reasons are of linguistic nature because ECU was an abbreviation that, as far as the English language is concerned, had no doubt a meaning while for other States it was a bit anonymous and in some cases even cacophonic.

In fact, the acronym had a meaning in the English language, from which it was taken, and in the French language as it means shield, a name that recalled an ancient French currency.

However, for the other countries it had no meaning and for Germany it was a real problem. In the end, therefore, it was decided to opt for the name Euro which represents nothing more than the abbreviation of the term Europe for which the abbreviation is precisely EUR.

The Euro symbol that we all know also has a history and is the result of a very accurate selection process. In particular, there were ten original projects. All of them had characteristics that made it possible to define what would be the identifying symbol of the single currency. Thanks to a survey, only two projects were selected, which appeared to be the most valid.

In the end, it was the European Commission that sanctioned the winner. The original symbol was created by a team of four experts even though their names have never been made official.

Currently, the design of the symbol is attributed to the Belgian Alain Billiet unofficially. The glyph also has official colours declared by the European Union.

Specifically yellow in the foreground and blue background. In addition, its position was immediately clarified: the symbol must always be placed after the figure and the two characters must be separated by a space.

This rule does not apply in English, Irish, Maltese and Latvian, for which the symbol is always placed first. Specifically, these coins have two faces or two sides. The first is the common face which is the same for all countries, the second is the national face which, as it is easy to understand, is specific and customized for each country. The collector, the euro coin lover or the numismatist, is therefore looking for different coins according to the various countries in order to have as many copies as possible.

Of course there are exceptions particular coins which are much more sought after and substantially differ in two main types:. As mentioned above, the common side of the euro coins is a face that has the same graphics for all countries and allows you to give some sort of identification to this type of coins.

In addition, there is a representation of the map of Europe. The national side, on the other hand, is the one that changes from State to State and is the one that effectively allows to understand this currency from which country it comes. Each State has therefore had the opportunity to customize its own currency in such a way as to provide a unique aspect. The only directives of the European Union regarding this practice were those to insert also in this face the 12 stars and to insert the name of the Nation in whole or even abbreviated.

Because of this last directive some Countries were forced to modify their own coins in course of work we speak of Germany, Belgium, Austria, Finland and Greece. As far as representations are concerned, each State has chosen to include those that are characteristic elements.

For example, for states in which the Head of State is a sovereign, it was decided to include his face. Other states opted instead to include aspects such as important monuments, characteristic symbols, historical figures but also characteristic plants.

At a later date, however, many states have changed their currencies, although the Mint has expressed its wish not to do so before unless the Head of State depicted had changed. The limits imposed by the EU provided for the issuance of only one currency per year even if, starting from , this limit has been extended to 2 coins. Commemorative coins, as the term itself suggests, are 2-euro coins which represent some important event.

Among these coins the most sought after to date are those of Finland , Slovenia and those of the mini states such as the Principality of Monaco, the Republic of San Marino and Vatican City. Regarding commemorative coins, we must also talk about what are called common issues.

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