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AUSTRIA €5 silver coins winter games

To celebrate Vancouver winter games, the Austria mint will issue 2 €5 silver coins. One is dedicated to ski jumping and the second to snowboard.

These coins will be available in 2 differents quality, UNC and special uncirculated, to be noted that special uncirculated ones will be packaged in special blister.

 Special uncirculated blister

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Caractéristics:

Metal: Silver 800/1000

Diameter: 28.5 mm

Weight: 8 grammes

Quantity: SU 50.000 x2

              UNC 225.000

Issuing date: 20th january 2010

MICRO STATES Mintages quantity updated

Following a ECB recommendation, the 3 micro states (Vatican, Monaco, SanMarino) could update their mintages quantity.

Vatican: a convention is now signed, the mintage will be now to 2.300.000€ , more than half will be put in circulation at face value by Vatican shops and also mixed in Italian rolls.

SanMarino : negociation are in progress and will be signed in january, the same mintage than Vatican state will be applied.

Monaco: also in negociation, a convention will be probably signed in 2010 for the same amount .

A new state appears on the field: Andorra, ECB is actually negociate a convention and hope to find a solution during the 3 first months of the year. We can hope find Andorran's own euro in 2011.

 

Source: European commission.

GERMANY 2010 €10 silver coins program

Here the 2010 Germany €10 silver coins program.

All coins are similar with the following caracteristics:

Weight: 18 g

Diameter: 32.5 mm

Metal: silver 925/1000

Face value: €10

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- 300 years of porcelain production in germany.

Mintmark Stuttgart (F) Issue date mach 2010

- 200 years of Robert Shuman birthday.

Mintmark Hambourg (J) Issue date May 2010

- 100 years of Konrad Zuse birthday.

Mintmark Karlshure(G) Issue date June 2010

- 20 years of German united

Mintmark berlin (A) issue date spetember 2010

- 175 years of train in Germany 

Mintmark Munich (D) Issue date november 2010

 

VATICAN Mintage increase

The vatican state and european union signed a new monetary convention updating the mintage of euro currency .

Folowing this convention, vatican state is now allowed to mint € 2.300.000. Previously the mintage was about € 1.074.000.

More than 50% of the mintage will be put in circulation by vatican shops and mixed with Italian rolls coins.

Officialy 51% of this mintage will be for circulation but we probably  don't find Vatican's euro in our pocket from a long time. The best thing will be these coins market price decrease and will be more accesible to many collectors .

VATICAN 2010 issuing program

Here the 2010 issuing program about Vatican state, no quantity are yet announced.

 . 2010 Euro Coin Set - BU Version
8 coins (1 cent, 2 cent, 5 cent, 10 cent, 20 cent, 50 cent, 1 euro, 2 euro)
. 2010 Euro Coin Set - PROOF Version
8 coins (1 cent, 2 cent, 5 cent, 10 cent, 20 cent, 50 cent, 1 euro, 2 euro) with Silver medal - IV Centenary of the death of Caravaggio
. 2 Euro - Commemorative Bimetallic Coin
The Year for Priests
. 5 Euro - Silver Celebrative Coin
96th World Day of the Migrant and the Refugee
. 10 Euro - Silver Celebrative Coin
43rd World Day of Peace
. 20 and 50 Euro - Gold Commemorative Coins
Masterpieces of sculpture in Vatican City
«Apollo of Belvedere » and «Augustus of Prima
The Sistine Chapel: The Last Judgement
.Philatelic and numismatic cover (PNC)
Envelope PNC 2010: The Year for Priests