North Macedonia applied for EU candidate status in 2004, and these trial pieces were produced the following year as part of the technical preparation process that aspirant nations undertake before eurozone accession — work that, in Macedonia's case, has remained unfinished for two decades due to protracted disputes over the country's name and bilateral vetoes within the accession framework.
North Macedonia applied for EU candidate status in 2004, and these trial pieces were produced the following year as part of the technical preparation process that aspirant nations undertake before eurozone accession — work that, in Macedonia's case, has remained unfinished for two decades due to protracted disputes over the country's name and bilateral vetoes within the accession framework.