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Latvia - 2 euros 2014 (EUR 3.80)Riga was always a venue for cultural events on an international scale, but in 2014 it be...
24/06/2020

Latvia - 2 euros 2014 (EUR 3.80)Riga was always a venue for cultural events on an international scale, but in 2014 it became the cultural epicentre of Europe. During its year as European Capital of Culture, hundreds of special events took place, with more than 12,000 participants from almost one hundred various cultural institutions: national, local and non-governmental. This year the focus of attention will be placed on the Castle ...

Riga was always a venue for cultural events on an international scale, but in 2014 it became the cultural epicentre of Europe. During its year as European Capital of Culture, hundreds ...

Malta - 1 euro 2016 (EUR 1.99)The Maltese cross is identified as the symbol of an order of Christian warriors known as t...
18/10/2019

Malta - 1 euro 2016 (EUR 1.99)The Maltese cross is identified as the symbol of an order of Christian warriors known as the Knights Hospitaller or Knights of Malta. It was originally the symbol of Amalfi, a small Italian republic of the 11th century. The cross is eight-pointed and has the form of four "V"-shaped arms joined together at their bases, so that each arm has two points. Its design is based on crosses used since the First ...

The Maltese cross is identified as the symbol of an order of Christian warriors known as the Knights Hospitaller or Knights of Malta. It was originally the symbol of Amalfi, a small ...

Slovakia - 2 euros 2016 (EUR 3.95)In April 2015, Národná banka Slovenska announced a public competition for the design o...
13/05/2019

Slovakia - 2 euros 2016 (EUR 3.95)In April 2015, Národná banka Slovenska announced a public competition for the design of the national side of a 2 euro commemroative coin marking Slovakia's first Presidency of the Council of the European Union. A total of 24 designs from 13 designers participated in the competition and in June 2015 the designs were evaluated anonymously by a committee, assisted by expert consultants: Elena Mallicková ...

The oak twig is a reminiscent of that found on the old German pfennig coins. Oaks have spirally arranged leaves, with a lobed margin in many species; some have serrated leaves or entire ...

Germany - 2 euros 2009 (EUR 4.95)A first attempt to create an economic and monetary union between the members of the Eur...
15/04/2019

Germany - 2 euros 2009 (EUR 4.95)A first attempt to create an economic and monetary union between the members of the European Communities goes back to an initiative by the European Commission in 1969. However, the introduction of the euro started principally on 31 December 1998, when the exchange rates between the euro and legacy currencies in the Eurozone became fixed. The coin shows a stick figure which merges into the € symbol. ...

A first attempt to create an economic and monetary union between the members of the European Communities goes back to an initiative by the European Commission in 1969. However, the ...

Slovenia - 2 euros 2014 (EUR 13.20)The coin celebrates the 600th anniversary since the Coronation of Barbara of Celje. B...
25/02/2019

Slovenia - 2 euros 2014 (EUR 13.20)The coin celebrates the 600th anniversary since the Coronation of Barbara of Celje. Barbara of Cilli was the spouse of Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund and as such Holy Roman Empress. She was by marriage also Queen of Hungary and Bohemia. She received the sobriquet "Messalina of Germany" for her political intrigues, and was instrumental in creating the Order of the Dragon. She served as the regent of Hungary ...

The Portuguese First Republic spans a complex 16 year period in the history of Portugal, between the end of the period of constitutional monarchy marked by the 5 October 1910 revolution ...

Portugal - 2 euros 2008 (EUR 19.80)On 10 December 2007, Human Rights Day, the Secretary-General and High Commissioner fo...
25/02/2019

Portugal - 2 euros 2008 (EUR 19.80)On 10 December 2007, Human Rights Day, the Secretary-General and High Commissioner for Human Rights launched a year-long celebration of the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The coin shows the Portuguese coat of arms and a geometric design Issue date: October 2008

The Academy was founded by Plato in ca. 387 BC in Athens. Aristotle studied there for twenty years before founding his own school, the Lyceum. The Academy persisted throughout the ...

Portugal - 2 euros 2010 (EUR 14.30)The Portuguese First Republic spans a complex 16 year period in the history of Portug...
25/02/2019

Portugal - 2 euros 2010 (EUR 14.30)The Portuguese First Republic spans a complex 16 year period in the history of Portugal, between the end of the period of constitutional monarchy marked by the 5 October 1910 revolution and the 28 May coup d'etat of 1926. The inner part of the coin shows in the centre the Portuguese coat of arms and the Republica effigy, two of the most representative symbols of the Portuguese Republic. The Portuguese ...

The Portuguese First Republic spans a complex 16 year period in the history of Portugal, between the end of the period of constitutional monarchy marked by the 5 October 1910 revolution ...

Portugal - 2 euros 2014 (EUR 14.30)The Carnation Revolution, also referred to as the 25 April (25 de Abril), was a milit...
25/02/2019

Portugal - 2 euros 2014 (EUR 14.30)The Carnation Revolution, also referred to as the 25 April (25 de Abril), was a military coup in Lisbon, Portugal on 25 April 1974 which overthrew the regime of the Estado Novo. The revolution started as a military coup organized by the Movimento das Forças Armadas (Armed Forces Movement, MFA), composed of military officers who opposed the regime, but the movement was soon coupled with an unanticipated ...

The Carnation Revolution, also referred to as the 25 April (25 de Abril), was a military coup in Lisbon, Portugal on 25 April 1974 which overthrew the regime of the Estado Novo. The ...

Portugal - 2 euros 2014 (EUR 14.30)The 2014 International Year of Family Farming (IYFF) aims to raise the profile of fam...
25/02/2019

Portugal - 2 euros 2014 (EUR 14.30)The 2014 International Year of Family Farming (IYFF) aims to raise the profile of family farming and smallholder farming by focusing world attention on its significant role in eradicating hunger and poverty, providing food security and nutrition, improving livelihoods, managing natural resources, protecting the environment, and achieving sustainable development, in particular in rural areas. The 2014 ...

The 2014 International Year of Family Farming (IYFF) aims to raise the profile of family farming and smallholder farming by focusing world attention on its significant role in eradicating ...

Netherlands - 2 euros 2013 (EUR 14.30)Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands, the oldest reigning Dutch monarch, announced her...
25/02/2019

Netherlands - 2 euros 2013 (EUR 14.30)Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands, the oldest reigning Dutch monarch, announced her abdication three days before her 75th birthday. After 33 years on the throne following her mother's abdication in 1980, Beatrix said she would relinquish the crown at the end of April 2013, leaving the monarchy to Crown-Prince Willem-Alexander, the oldest of her three sons. The announcement, in a nationally televised ...

Riga was always a venue for cultural events on an international scale, but in 2014 it became the cultural epicentre of Europe. During its year as European Capital of Culture, hundreds ...

Latvia - 2 euros 2014 (EUR 13.20)Riga was always a venue for cultural events on an international scale, but in 2014 it b...
25/02/2019

Latvia - 2 euros 2014 (EUR 13.20)Riga was always a venue for cultural events on an international scale, but in 2014 it became the cultural epicentre of Europe. During its year as European Capital of Culture, hundreds of special events took place, with more than 12,000 participants from almost one hundred various cultural institutions: national, local and non-governmental. This year the focus of attention will be placed on the Castle ...

Riga was always a venue for cultural events on an international scale, but in 2014 it became the cultural epicentre of Europe. During its year as European Capital of Culture, hundreds ...

Latvia - 2 euros 2015 (EUR 14.30)The presidency of the Council rotates among the EU member states every six months. Duri...
25/02/2019

Latvia - 2 euros 2015 (EUR 14.30)The presidency of the Council rotates among the EU member states every six months. During this six-month period, the presidency chairs meetings at every level in the Council, helping to ensure the continuity of the EU's work in the Council.The Latvian Presidency of the Council took place during the first half of 2015, taking over from Italy and passing it to Luxembourg. The design shows the official ...

The presidency of the Council rotates among the EU member states every six months. During this six-month period, the presidency chairs meetings at every level in the Council, helping ...

Italy - 2 euros 2004 (EUR 15.40)The foreground shows the globe, tilted to the right and bearing the inscription WORLD FO...
25/02/2019

Italy - 2 euros 2004 (EUR 15.40)The foreground shows the globe, tilted to the right and bearing the inscription WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME, from which emerges an ear of wheat, an ear of maize and an ear of rice, the three grains representing the world's basic sources of nourishment. To the right of the globe is the I superimposed on an R denoting ‘Repubblica Italiana’, below which there appears a smaller combination of the letters U and ...

The foreground shows the globe, tilted to the right and bearing the inscription WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME, from which emerges an ear of wheat, an ear of maize and an ear of rice, the three ...

Italy - 2 euros 2014 (EUR 14.30)Galileo Galilei was born in Pisa, Italy on February 15, 1564. He was the oldest of seven...
25/02/2019

Italy - 2 euros 2014 (EUR 14.30)Galileo Galilei was born in Pisa, Italy on February 15, 1564. He was the oldest of seven children. His father was a musician and wool trader, who wanted his son to study medicine as there was more money in medicine. His achievements include improvements to the telescope and consequent astronomical observations and support for Copernicanism. Galileo has been called the "father of modern observational ...

Galileo Galilei was born in Pisa, Italy on February 15, 1564. He was the oldest of seven children. His father was a musician and wool trader, who wanted his son to study medicine as ...

Italy - 2 euros 2014 (EUR 14.30)The Carabinieri is the national military police of Italy, policing both military and civ...
25/02/2019

Italy - 2 euros 2014 (EUR 14.30)The Carabinieri is the national military police of Italy, policing both military and civilian populations (1814 - 2014). It was originally founded as the police force of the Kingdom of Sardinia. During the process of Italian unification, it was appointed the "First Force" of the new national military organization.Since 2001, it has been one of the four Italian Armed Forces.

The foreground shows the globe, tilted to the right and bearing the inscription WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME, from which emerges an ear of wheat, an ear of maize and an ear of rice, the three ...

Greece - 2 euros 2004 (EUR 16.50)The Discobolus of Myron ("discus thrower") is a famous Roman marble copy of a lost Gree...
25/02/2019

Greece - 2 euros 2004 (EUR 16.50)The Discobolus of Myron ("discus thrower") is a famous Roman marble copy of a lost Greek bronze original, completed during the zenith of the classical period between 460-450 BC. A discus thrower is depicted about to release his throw. The moment captured in the statue is an example of rhythmos, harmony and balance and Myron is often credited as being the first sculptor to master this style. The coin ...

El Greco, born Doménikos Theotokópoulos (1541 – 7 April 1614), was a painter, sculptor and architect of the Spanish Renaissance.

Greece - 2 euros 2011 (EUR 14.30)The 2011 Special Olympics World Summer Games were held during Summer 2011 in Athens, Gr...
25/02/2019

Greece - 2 euros 2011 (EUR 14.30)The 2011 Special Olympics World Summer Games were held during Summer 2011 in Athens, Greece, from 25 June to 4 July 2011. Special Olympics is a non-profit organization that was officially founded in 1968, giving form to the vision of it's founder, Eunice Kennedy-Shriver (1921-2009), sister of USA President John F Kennedy. The center of the coin shows the emblem of the Games, a radiant sun the source ...

The 2011 Special Olympics World Summer Games were held during Summer 2011 in Athens, Greece, from 25 June to 4 July 2011. Special Olympics is a non-profit organization that was officially ...

Greece - 2 euros 2013 (EUR 13.20)The Academy was founded by Plato in ca. 387 BC in Athens. Aristotle studied there for t...
25/02/2019

Greece - 2 euros 2013 (EUR 13.20)The Academy was founded by Plato in ca. 387 BC in Athens. Aristotle studied there for twenty years before founding his own school, the Lyceum. The Academy persisted throughout the Hellenistic period as a skeptical school, until coming to an end after the death of Philo of Larissa in 83 BC. Although philosophers continued to teach Plato's philosophy in Athens during the Roman era, it was not until ...

The Academy was founded by Plato in ca. 387 BC in Athens. Aristotle studied there for twenty years before founding his own school, the Lyceum. The Academy persisted throughout the ...

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