Euro Anniversary: New €2 "EMU" Commems 2009

[chrisild]

Ah, that explains it ... Or maybe it was just good luck that I have hardly ever seen such pieces around here.

As for the EMU/euro jubilee coin, the piece from Luxembourg will have a lower mintage than the Treaty of Rome coin from LU: In 2007 they issued 2 million (raw) pieces, but there will be about 800,000 only this time. Guess they know the euro-stickman design won't be terribly popular.

Christian

[a3v1]

Today, Dec.10, the official announcement of this issue was made public:
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:C:2008:315:0008:0011:EN:PDF
Regards,
a3v1 

[BC Numismatics]

You can now see them here;
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:C:2008:315:0008:0011:EN:PDF .

Please let us know what you think.

Aidan.

[a3v1]

Aidan,
What's the big idea
I already posted this weblink on Dec.10
http://www.worldofcoins.eu/forum/index.php/topic,915,msg13125.html#msg13125
Regards,
a3v1

[Figleaf]

Pabitra Saha reports:

CBM to issue first €2 commemorative coin

The Central Bank of Malta (CBM) will be issuing its first €2 commemorative coin on January 5, 2009.

The coin commemorates the 10th anniversary of Economic and Monetary Union. Each euro area country will be issuing a similar coin bearing the same design but with the name of the country and the legend 'EMU 1999-2009' shown in the respective language. The Maltese euro coin will have the legend 'UEM 1999-2009', where the letters UEM stand for 'Unjoni Ekonomika u Monetarja'.

The deliberately primitive design of the coin symbolizes the euro as the latest step in the long history of trade up to the formation of economic and monetary union. It was created by George Stamatopoulos, a sculptor from the minting department at the Bank of Greece.

The coin will be available for sale in rolls of 25 coins each at a price of €57.75 per roll, inclusive of VAT. Purchases can be made from the counters of the Malta Coin Distribution Centre at the Central Bank of Malta, Pjazza Kastilja, Valletta, as from Monday. A number of coins will also be issued in normal circulation as from the same date.

[a3v1]

btw: This Maltese coin was struck by the Royal Dutch Mint (Utrecht - the Netherlands)
Regards,
a3v1

[chrisild]

http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:C:2008:315:0008:0011:EN:PDF

http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:C:2008:315:0008:0011:EN:PDF

Yup, the two links look like identical twins. What do I think about these designs? Pretty much what I have been thinking about the design that won the poll: Nice idea for an advertising campaign poster maybe, but on a coin ... Also, I do not think that the abbreviation "EMU" (or UEM or WWU etc.) has become so much more widely known during the months between the design contest and the date of issue.

However, I decided that as a loyal euro collector I must have all of those pieces. (Well, one per member state is enough.) Will be interesting to check the coins for subtle and maybe less subtle differences ...

(Edit) The comments above were from an earlier post that I wrote in December and somehow managed to delete. Anyway, I just got the Luxembourg coin from that Euro/EMU series - and yes, this MultiView Minting looks better this time.

Christian

[BC Numismatics]

I got an E.M.U. 2 Euros in the mail today - the Irish one!

Aidan.

[a3v1]

btw: This Maltese coin was struck by the Royal Dutch Mint (Utrecht - the Netherlands)

Unlike the regular 2€ coin of Malta, this Maltese 2009 EMU commemorative has an edge-inscription identical to that of Belgium, France, etc.
Regards,
a3v1

[Bimat]

I got an E.M.U. 2 Euros in the mail today - the Irish one!

Aidan.

Congrats,Aidan.. Can you post up some photos?
Seems that you have some strong contacts in Ireland.You have also got Irish Treaty of Rome commemorative..

Unlike the regular 2€ coin of Malta, this Maltese 2009 EMU commemorative has an edge-inscription identical to that of Belgium, France, etc.
Regards,
a3v1

Thanks for that,a3v1!

[BC Numismatics]

Aditya,
  I still can't post up photos yet.

Yes,I do have the Irish Treaty of Rome 2 Euros as well.

There's a few Irish people up on Coin Network.

Aidan.

[BC Numismatics]

You will all be very pleased to know that both the Cypriot & Maltese E.M.U. 2 Euros will be added to my collection in just under a month's time,as my boss will be in London,Berlin,& Valkenburg (a.k.a. Maastracht Banknote Fair),plus Singapore on the way back home.

Yes,I will be getting another Irish E.M.U. 2 Euros to compare with the one that Lorenzo Caira sent me from Howth,County Dublin a few months ago.

Aidan.

[Bimat]

Malta EMU is the hardest one to find from this series,I suppose..(might be due to relatively low mintage of 7,00,000)

Aditya

[BC Numismatics]

Aditya,
  I will be finding out before the end of this week from my boss to see if he has brought me back all 3 E.M.U. 2 Euro coins from his 1 month trip to Europe,plus London,Singapore,& Johore Bahru (Johore).

Aidan.

[Bimat]

Got the Maltese version of EMU today,along with the Slovakian version. As a3v1 has already said,it has different edge inscriptions than the regular issues.
And with this coin,I have completed my Maltese Euro collection by type (Nah..not so big-just 3 coins-regular 2 and the EMU)

Aditya