€2 Commemorative Coin 2012 - 10 Years of Euro Banknotes and Coins
This page is about the common issue of 2 euro commemorative coin dedicated to the 10th Year of Euro Banknotes and Coins. There will be 3 stages of this page;
Stage 1 : Helping Designers sending their best designs. Non- designers can give suggestions and also indicate what they wish to see on this coin so could give designers ideas (more details below)
Stage 2 : This is about the actual voting of the best design which will be selected by the European Citiziens (more details below)
Stage 3 : Once the design is selected, the actual minting of the coin will start. The coin will be released by all the 17 euro area countries, thus, we will have 17 variants of this design. During this stage we will bring you all the news related to the issue volume, images, issue dates .... country by country
CALENDAR
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29 April |
Stage 1: Launch of design competition |
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29 April–20 May |
Stage 1: Design proposals may be submitted via the European Commission website |
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End of May/Beginning of June |
Pre-selection by professional jury of the five best designs |
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6–24 June |
Stage 2: Online public vote on the design |
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30 June |
Stage 3: Announcement of the winner of the design competition and the winner of the prize draw |
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July–December 2011 |
Stage 3: Translation of the design into coin production master tools and mass production of the commemorative coin by the Mints |
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Beginning of January 2012 |
Stage 3: The commemorative euro coin bearing the winning design is put into circulation by the 17 EU Member States of the euro area |
Stage 3
Now that the design has been selected the actual minting of the coins will start. Each eurozone country is responsible for the minting of its coins and they will mint different amounts from each other depending on their populations. Here you can find all the information as it comes out country by country;
General Information
(Eurozone-wide)
Austria
Belgium
Cyprus
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Ireland
Italy
Luxembourg
Malta
Netherlands
Portugal
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Stage 2 - 6th-24th June, 2011 : Now
Closed
The European Commission dropped the designs submitted by the euro area citizens to five. Same citizens had the chance to vote for the best design which ultimately will be minted on the coins. The online voting was between the 6th and 24th June.
GO HERE TO VOTE FOR THE BEST DESIGN
(Now Closed)
Stage 1 - Now Closed
The European Commission announced an open competition to design the €2 commemorative coin that will be out next year in all the euro area states. Only 1 design per designer will be accepted. Thereby we are opening this page to help designers submitting their best design. Designers can open topics with their designs and ask members to share their opinion. Designers with more than 1 design can ask members to help them choose the best design. Non-designers can participate by giving suggestions how this coin should look like and also buy giving opinions on the designs submitted. Post here;
SUBMIT YOUR DRAFT DESIGN FOR REVIEW BY euroHOBBY MEMBERS
SUBMIT YOUR DESIGN TO THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
(Now Closed)
It is important to post draft designs and not final ones as it is against the EU policy to show your design before the winner is announced.
Euro area citizens had chance till the 20th May 2011 to submit designs. More information about the Competition here
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