The new European currency, the Euro, was launched in the countries comprising the Economic Monetary Union on January 1st 2002.
After the Euro currency has been in circulation for one year, we, by minting these coin sets, commemorate the first anniversary of the Euro as a symbol of a new European Era.
The Constitutional coat-of-arms has been reproduced on the reverse of this coin, surrounded by a variety of architectonic styles that are also shown on the Euro banknotes.
