Posted by euroHOBBY on May 12, 2012 at 17:18 3 Comments 6 Likes
Only one in ten Swedes would today support the adoption of the euro, the eurozone debt crisis is to blame for the negative Swedish view of the euro. A recent opinion poll showed 54% would vote against Sweden joining the eurozone. Only three years ago, the number of people who said they would vote “yes” in a referendum was higher than those voting against. Today, only 12% of Swedish voters want to replace the Swedish crown with the euro. Sweden voted against adopting the euro in a referendum in 2003.
Posted by euroHOBBY on May 12, 2012 at 9:51 7 Comments 8 Likes
giorgos replied to euroHOBBY's discussion 2012 €2 Commemorative Coins Check List in the group Numismatics Questions & Answers
Here you can find a check list of the €2 commemorative coins that will be released in 2012. The list will be updated as soon as the information comes out. Click here to check the 2013 list!

All the euro area countries beginning of next year will issue a common €2 commemorative coin to celebrate the 10th Year since Euro Banknotes and Coins were put in circulation. Euro area citizens could submit a design and then voted for the best one. Now that the design has been selected the minting process has started. Click on the above banner to read about the issuance dates, mintage volumes and pictures of the actual coins, all sorted by country.
The Eurostar Programme (also known as the Europa Star Programme or European Silver Programme) is a pan-European programme for collectors coins - each year a theme which has a European relevance is selected and all the European countries taking part in the programme issue collectors coin featuring the selected theme. Each year a new theme is selected. All the coins in this programme must show the Europa Star Programme Logo - the Europa Star.
Every eurozone country has 8 standard coins ranging from 1 cent up to 2 euros. Each country has it own set of euro coins which could be used in any eurozone country. Every coin has a national face that differs from one country to another and a common face, as the name implies it is common to all the eurozone countries. This group contains all the news about the standard coins.
Commemorative coins are special €2 coins that have the same specifications as the standard €2, however, they commemorate a special event or a historic personality. Each member state is allowed to issue one commemorative coin per year though when a commemorative is issued by all the member states, each state is allowed to mint a second one. This group contains all the news about the €2 Commemorative Coins.
Collectors' coins also commemorate special events and personality, however, unlike the commemorative coins they are made up of precious metal, usually gold or silver, their face value is much higher then that of the standard coins and while the standard coins and commemorative coins are legal tender in all the eurozone, the collectors' coins can only be used in the country that issue them. This group contains news about the Collectors Coins.© 2012 Created by euroHOBBY.

