Identifying Marks on Euro Coins
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Article Talk Read Edit View history Search Wikipedia Identifying marks on euro coins From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Main page Before the introduction of the euro, the current eurozone members issued their own individual national coinage, most of which featured Contents mint marks, privy marks and/or mint master marks. These marks have been continued as a part of the national designs of the euro coins, Current events as well. This article serves to list the information about the various types of identifying marks on euro coins, including engraver and Random article designer initials and the unique edge inscriptions found on the €2 coins. About Wikipedia Contact us Contents [hide] Donate 1 Date stamps on euro coins Contribute 1.1 Mintage date Help 1.2 Issue date Learn to edit 1.3 Conclusion Community portal 2 National identifying marks of euro coins Recent changes 3 Mint marks Upload file 4 Mint master marks and privy marks Tools 4.1 Belgium What links here 4.2 Finland Related changes 4.3 France Special pages 4.4 Luxembourg Permanent link 4.5 Monaco Page information 4.6 Netherlands Cite this page 4.7 Slovenia Wikidata item 5 Designer, sculptor and engraver initials on euro coins Print/export 5.1 Designer, sculptor and engraver initials on standard euro coins Download as PDF Create PDF in your applications with the Pdfcrowd HTML to PDF API PDFCROWD Printable version 5.2 Designer, sculptor and engraver initials on €2 commemorative coins 6 €2 edge inscriptions Languages 6.1 Standard issue €2 edge inscriptions Ελληνικά 6.2 Commemorative issue €2 edge inscriptions Nederlands Edit links 7 Notes 8 References Date stamps on euro coins [ edit ] Since the euro was officially introduced in 1999, most of the EMU member countries began producing their coins ahead of the 2002 introduction date. There is individual national legislation in place which governs the mintage of coins issued from each country. These coinage acts regulate the coin production parameters for each country. Mintage date [ edit ] The coinage acts of countries with a mintage date stipulation specify that the year the coin is minted, regardless of when the coins are issued, should appear on each coin. Belgium, Finland, France, the Netherlands and Spain have mintage date stipulations. Issue date [ edit ] The coinage acts of countries with an issue date stipulation specify that the year the coin is issued, regardless of when the coins are minted, should appear on each coin. Austria, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Portugal, San Marino and the Vatican City have issue date stipulations. Conclusion [ edit ] Since the euro was first issued in 2002, the countries which have an issue date stipulation are all dated 2002 onward, even though these coins were minted in previous years to prepare for the adoption of the euro. As a result, there are no euro coins dated 1999, 2000 and 2001 issued from countries with an issue date stipulation. Luxembourg has no domestic mint, so their coins are minted elsewhere. Regardless of the mintage location of these coins, the issue date stipulation in their coinage act must be followed by whichever country mints their coins and the date stamp is therefore applied accordingly. Since Monaco, San Marino and the Vatican City do not have their own coinage acts, the date stamp is applied in accordance with the coinage act of whichever country mints these coins. France produces Create PDF in your applications with the Pdfcrowd HTML to PDF API PDFCROWD the euro coins for Monaco and follows the mintage date stipulation; it began minting Monégasque euro coins only in 2001, since the mintage quantities were so low. Sammarinese and Vatican euro coins are minted in Italy and follow the issue date stipulation. National identifying marks of euro coins [ edit ] As per a recommendation defined by the Economic and Financial Affairs Council of the European Union,[1] the national designs of each member's euro coin should contain a national identification in the form of spelling or abbreviation of the country's name. Of the fifteen members of the Eurozone at the time these recommendations were made, five national designs—those of Austria, Belgium, Finland, Germany and Greece—did not meet the criteria outlined. Of these five, two (Finland in 2007 and Belgium in 2008) have changed or amended their design to follow these recommendations, and the other three are expected to follow suit in the coming years. National identifying marks on euro coins by country Country Type Description Image Andorra Text ANDORRA Austria Symbol Flag of Austria Symbol Monogram of King Albert II Belgium Abbreviation BE (België/Belgique/Belgien in Dutch, French and German)[2] Cyprus Text ΚΥΠΡΟΣ/KIBRIS (in both Greek and Turkish) Estonia Text EESTI (Estonia) Finland Abbreviation FI (Finland)[3] France Abbreviation stylised RF (République française) Germany Symbol Eagle Greece none Text / Ireland ÉIRE (in Gaelic type) Harp Symbol Create PDF in your applications with the Pdfcrowd HTML to PDF API PDFCROWD Italy Abbreviation stylised RI (Repubblica Italiana) Latvia Text LATVIJA Lithuania Text LIETUVA Luxembourg Text LËTZEBUERG (Luxembourg in Luxembourgish) Malta Text MALTA Monaco Text MONACO WILLEM-ALEXANDER KONING DER NEDERLANDEN (Willem Netherlands Text Alexander, King of the Netherlands) Portugal Text PORTUGAL San Marino Text SAN MARINO Slovakia Text SLOVENSKO Slovenia Text SLOVENIJA Spain Text ESPAÑA Vatican City Text CITTÀ DEL VATICANO (Vatican City) Mint marks [ edit ] The use of mint marks on euro coins takes one of these three forms: a single letter representing a city or country the abbreviation of the country's mint the symbol of the country's mint Mint marks on euro coins by country Country Mint Mint mark Mint mark Notes Create PDF in your applications with the Pdfcrowd HTML to PDF API PDFCROWD location description Head of archangel St. Prior to 2008, Belgian marks had only been used on commemorative Belgium Brussels Michael, issues. Since 2008, the marks are used on both standard issue and patron saint commemorative issue coins. of Brussels. Logo of the Finland Vantaa [3] Rahapaja Oy mint Cornucopia, Different of France Pessac the Monnaie de Paris[4] German A for Berlin, D for Munich, F for Stuttgart, G for Karlsruhe, J for Euro coins Hamburg, are minted Germany A, D, F, G, J Letters at 5 while B, C, E and H used to be mint locations that had been closed locations in prior to the introduction of the euro. Germany E for Spain (España), F for France, S for Finland (Suomi). The initial supply of Greek euro coins were produced at three Madrid, E (20c), locations, in addition to the Athens mint, due to their late entry into Spain F (1c, 2c, the European Monetary Union (EMU) just before the introduction Pessac, 5c, 10c and date on 1 January 2002; only certain denominations of Greek coins Greece (2002) France Letters 50c), with the date stamp of "2002" have these mint marks. Greek euro Vantaa, S[5] (€1 and coins dated 2002 without these mint marks were produced in Athens, Finland €2) Greece. Athens All Greek euro coins bear the standard Greek mint mark symbol of the Athens mint. Create PDF in your applications with the Pdfcrowd HTML to PDF API PDFCROWD Greece (2002– Athens Stylised present) acanthus leaf Italy Rome R Letter Lietuvos monetų kalykla Lithuania Vilnius (Lithuanian Mint House, LMK) logo Mercury's wand, the logo of the Luxembourg (2002– Utrecht, Koninklijke 2004) Netherlands Nederlandse Munt (Royal Dutch Mint) Letter, logo Luxembourg (2005– Vantaa, of the S,[5] 2006) Finland Rahapaja Oy mint Letter, F, Cornucopia, Luxembourg (2007– Pessac, Different of 2008) France the Monnaie de Paris[4] Luxembourg (2009– Utrecht, Mercury's present) Netherlands wand, the logo of the Koninklijke Create PDF in your applications with the Pdfcrowd HTML to PDF API PDFCROWD Nederlandse Munt (Royal Dutch Mint) Paris, Malta (2008–2009) F Letter France Cornucopia, Different of Pessac, Monaco the Monnaie France de Paris[4] (Paris Mint) Mercury's wand, the logo of the Netherlands Utrecht Koninklijke Nederlandse Munt (Royal Dutch Mint) Mennica Poland is not yet part of the Eurozone. When the euro is introduced, Polska this is the mintmark which will be used. Poland Warsaw (Polish Mint) The Polish Mint logo is the letter M on top of the letter W and comes logo from Mennica Warszawa or Warsaw Mint Imprensa Nacional – Casa de Moeda Portugal Lisbon INCM (National Currency – Mint House) abbreviation Create PDF in your applications with the Pdfcrowd HTML to PDF API PDFCROWD San Marino Rome, Italy R Letter Mincovňa Kremnica Slovakia Kremnica (Kremnican Mint, MK) logo Vantaa, Slovenia (2007) Fi[5] Abbreviation Finland Mercury's wand, the logo of the Slovenia (2008– Utrecht, Koninklijke present) Netherlands Nederlandse Munt (Royal Dutch Mint) Fábrica Nacional de Moneda y Timbre Spain Madrid (National Factory of Currency and Stamps) logo Vatican Rome, Italy R Letter Mint master marks and privy marks [ edit ] Mint master marks or privy marks are symbols representing directors, chief engravers or chief executive officers of mints. Create PDF in your applications with the Pdfcrowd HTML to PDF API PDFCROWD Belgium [ edit ] The directors of the Monnaie Royale de Belgique/Koninklijke Munt van België (Royal Belgian Mint) in Brussels uses mint master's marks on all €2 commemorative coins and on all Belgian euro coins with a datestamp from 2008 onwards minted at this location. Mint master marks on Belgian euro coins Mark Mark description Name of mint master Coin dates 1999–2009 (€2 commemorative coins) Scale Romain Coenen 2008–2009 (standard issue euro coins) 2009-2012 (€2 commemorative coins) [6] Quill Serge Lesens 2010–2012 (standard issue euro coins) 2012-2016 (Commemorative coins) [7] Cat Bernard Gillard 2013-2016 (standard issue euro coins) [8] Coat of arms Ingrid van Herzele 2017–present Finland [ edit ] The director of the Rahapaja Oy (Mint of Finland, LTD.) mint in Helsinki-Vantaa used a mint master's mark on Finnish euro coins minted at this location with the date stamp between 1999 and 2006.