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2 Euros 10 Years of EMU
| Issuer | Royal Mint of Spain (Real Casa de la Moneda), Madrid |
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| Year | 2009 |
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| Weight | 8.5 g |
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| Reverse description | The standard eurozone reverse design by Luc Luycx occupies the bimetallic field, featuring the large numeral 2 in the left portion of the nickel-brass centre, with a stylised map of Europe to the right extending into the copper-nickel ring. The denomination legend EURO is inscribed across the map in the centre field, with the designer's initials LL incuse below. Six fine horizontal lines traverse the left side of the map, symbolising the non-Eurozone EU member states, while twelve stars of the European Union are arranged around the outer ring, six rendered in full relief and the remainder as raised outlines continuing across the ring boundary. |
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| Mint | M Royal Mint of Spain (Real Casa de la Moneda), Madrid, Spain (1591-date) |
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Issued across all eurozone member states simultaneously in 2009, this commemorative marked the tenth anniversary of the euro's introduction as an accounting currency on 1 January 1999 — a distinction worth noting, since euro coins and banknotes didn't enter circulation until 2002. Spain's allocation was struck at the Madrid facility, which had been producing coinage continuously since the reign of Philip II in the sixteenth century. The shared design was coordinated by the European Central Bank, one of the few instances where member mints surrendered creative control entirely to Frankfurt.