Common Commemorative

2009


10 Years of EMU
Feature:
10th anniversary of the EMU.
Description:
The euro is the latest step in the long history of trade, from pre-historic barter – evoked by the deliberately primitive design– to economic and monetary union.
Production: Date of Issue:
90,000,000 1 January 2009

Final Results:

7.01%
9931
41.48%
58766
11.15%
15784
7.71%
10923
32.67%
46271

The text 'issuing country' that appears on the coin images will be replaced, on the actual coin, by the name (or an abbreviation of it) of each issuing country in its own language(s). Likewise, the abbreviation 'EMU' will appear differently per language.

Voting took place on the 'Euro Coin Design Contest' website: http://www.eurodesigncontest.eu

 
Notes:
  • The winning design was created by Γεώργιος Σταματόπουλος (Georges Stamatopoulos) from the Central Bank of Greece.
  • About 90 million will be produced for release into circulation.
  • It is not yet known if members coming into the Eurozone (if any) in 2009, will participate in this issue.
  • The three micro states participating in the EMU by special agreement, will not participate in this program.
  • The design was chosen by competition.
    • On the basis of a design competition between the Mints of the euro area followed by a pre-selection of designs by the Mint Directors, the winning design was chosen exclusively by EU citizens and residents by voting on the specific web site set up for this purpose.
    • The design that received the highest number of votes was selected as the winner.
    • Voting began on 31 January and closed on 22 February 2008.
    • The winner was announced on 25 February 2008.
  • An announcement was made on 12 November 2007 by Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker at a press conference.
  • This is the second collective €2 commemorative coin to be issued. The first was the Treaty of Rome commemorative in 2007.