New national sides of euro circulation coins
Date: 2007-03-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, commemoration, euro, euro area, issuing of currency, technical specification

21.3.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 65/3

New national sides of euro circulation coins

(2007/C 65/04)

National sides of the 2-euro commemorative circulation coins issued by the euro-area Member States to celebrate the
50th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Rome

Euro circulation coins have legal tender status throughout the euro area. The Commission publishes all new
euro coin designs (1) with a view to informing all parties required to handle coins in the course of their
work as well as the public at large. In accordance with the Council conclusions of 8 December 2003 (2),
euro-area Member States and countries that have concluded a Monetary Agreement with the Community
providing for the issuance of euro circulation coins are allowed to issue certain quantities of commemorative
euro circulation coins on condition that not more than one new coin design is issued per country per year
and that only the 2-euro denomination is used. However,
in view of the symbolic importance of the
commemorated event and in accordance with the Council conclusions of 17 October 2006 (3), Member
States are exceptionally allowed to issue the present commemorative coin in addition to another 2-euro
commemorative coin that they may want to issue in 2007. Commemorative coins have the technical
features of normal euro circulation coins, but bear a commemorative design on the national side.

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Rome, Eurogroup Ministers decided that
euro-area Member States would strike a 2-euro commemorative coin using a common design on the
national side. The selected design is the outcome of a joint preparation by the European Mints.

Issuing States: Belgium, Germany, Greece, Spain, France,
Austria, Portugal, Slovenia and Finland.

Ireland,

Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands,

Subject of commemoration: 50th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Rome.

Factual description of the design: The centre of the coin shows the Treaty signed by the six founding
Member States on a background evoking the paving, designed by Michelangelo, of the Piazza del Campido-
glio in Rome where the Treaty was signed on 25 March 1957. The translation of the word ‘Europe’ appears
above the book. The translation of the words ‘Treaty of Rome 50 years’ is inscribed above the design. The
year 2007 and the national name of the issuing country are inscribed under the design. The twelve stars of
the European flag are depicted on the outer ring.

Approximate issuing date: 25 March 2007

Belgium

Legends: PACTVM ROMANVM/QVINQVAGENARIVM/EUROPAE/BELGIQUE–
BELGIE–BELGIEN

Mintmark: The mint master mark and the mintmark appear respectively on
the left and the right hand sides of the year mark.

Issuing volume: 5 million

Edge lettering: 2 ★★, repeated six times, alternately upright and inverted.

(1) See OJ C 373, 28.12.2001, p. 1-30 for a reference to all national sides that were issued in 2002.
(2) See conclusions of the General Affairs Council of 8 December 2003 on changes in the design of national sides of euro
coins. See also Commission Recommendation of 29 September 2003 on a common practice for changes to the design of
national obverse sides of euro circulation coins (OJ L 264, 15.10.2003, p. 38-39).

(3) See conclusions of the General Affairs Council of 17 October 2006 on the issuance of a 2-euro commemorative coin on

the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome.

C 65/4

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

21.3.2007

Germany

Ireland

Greece

Spain

France

Legends: RÖMISCHE
DEUTSCHLAND

VERTRÄGE/50

JAHRE/EUROPA/BUNDESREPUBLIK

Mintmark: The mintmark (A, D, F, G or J) appears at the right hand side of
the year mark.

Issuing volume: 30 million

Edge lettering: EINIGKEIT UND RECHT UND FREIHEIT and the design of
the federal eagle.

Legends: conradh na róımhe/50 blıaın/an eoraıp/éıre

Mintmark: None

Issuing volume: 4,82 million

Edge lettering: 2 ★★, repeated six times, alternately upright and inverted.

Legends: ΣΥΝΘΗΚΗ ΤΗΣ ΡΩΜΗΣ/50 XPONIA/EYPΩΠΗ/ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗ ΔΗΜΟΚ-
ΡΑΤΙΑ

Mintmark: The mintmark appears at the right hand side of the design.

Issuing volume: 4 million

Edge lettering: ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗ ΔΗΜΟΚΡΑΤΙΑ ★

Legends: TRATADO DE ROMA/50 AÑOS/EUROPA/ESPAÑA

Mintmark: The mintmark appears at the lower right hand side of the design.

Issuing volume: 8 million

Edge lettering: 2 ★★, repeated six times, alternately upright and inverted.

Legends: TRAITÉ DE ROME/50 ANS/EUROPE/RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE

Mintmark: The mintmark and the engraver's mark appear respectively on the
left and the right hand sides of the year mark.

Issuing volume: 9,4 million

Edge lettering: 2 ★★, repeated six times, alternately upright and inverted.

21.3.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 65/5

Italy

Luxembourg

The Netherlands

Austria

Portugal

Legends: TRATTATI DI ROMA/50o ANNIVERSARIO/EUROPA/REPUBBLICA
ITALIANA

Mintmark: The mintmark ‘R’ appears at the lower right hand side of the
design.

Issuing volume: 5 million

Edge lettering: 2 ★, repeated six times, alternately upright and inverted.

Legends: TRAITÉ DE ROME/50 ANS/EUROPE/LËTZEBUERG

Mintmark: The effigy of His Royal Highness, the Grand-Duke Henri, is super-
imposed as a latent image on the left hand side of the design. The mintmark
and the engraver's mark appear respectively on the left and the right hand
sides of the year mark.

Issuing volume: 2,1 million

Edge lettering: 2 ★★, repeated six times, alternately upright and inverted.

Legends: VERDRAG VAN ROME/50 JAAR/EUROPA/KONINKRIJK DER
NEDERLANDEN

Mintmark: The mint master mark and the mintmark appear respectively on
the left and the right hand sides of the year mark.

Issuing volume: 6,333 million

Edge lettering: GOD ★ ZIJ ★ MET ★ ONS ★

Legends: VERTRAG VON ROM/50 JAHRE/EUROPA/REPUBLIK ÖSTERREICH

Mintmark: None

Issuing volume: 9 million

Edge lettering: 2 EURO ★★★, repeated four times, alternately upright and
inverted.

Legends: TRATADO DE ROMA/50 ANOS/EUROPA/PORTUGAL

Mintmark: The mintmark appears at the right hand side of the design.

Issuing volume: 2 million

Edge lettering: Five coats of arms and seven castles equally spaced.

C 65/6

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

21.3.2007

Slovenia

Finland

Legends: RIMSKA POGODBA/50 LET/EVROPA/SLOVENIJA

Mintmark: None

Issuing volume: 0,4 million

Edge lettering: SLOVENIJA, followed by an engraved dot.

Legends: ROOMAN SOPIMUS 50 V/EUROOPPA/SUOMI FINLAND

Mintmark: The mintmark appears on the outer ring, on the left hand side of
the coin.

Issuing volume: 1,4 million

Edge lettering: ROMFÖRDRAGET 50 ÅR EUROPA