Commemorative euro coins

Commemorative coins of the European Union

Coins issued by EU member states are of different kinds:

Commemorative coins are 2 euro coins suitable for normal circulation and minted from 2004 by the European Monetary Union member countries to commemorate special occasions or events: the first commemorative 2 euro was coined in Greece to celebrate the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens.

2 euro commemorative coins have the same common side of normal 2-euro coins, but they adopt a specific national side; they celebrate events or people of interest of each country and are shown in the following table.

2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Austria   2 Euro Commemorative of Austria 2005   2 Euro Commemorative of Austria 2007   2 Euro Commemorative of Austria 2009
Belgium   2 Euro Commemorative of Belgium 2005 2 Euro Commemorative of Belgium 2006 2 Euro Commemorative of Belgium 2007 2 Euro Commemorative of Belgium 2008 2 Euro Commemorative of Belgium 2009 2 Euro Commemorative of Belgium 2009
Cyprus             2 euro Commemorative of Cyprus 2009
Finland 2 Euro Commemorative of Finland 2004 2 Euro Commemorative of Finland 2005 2 Euro Commemorative of Finland 2006 2 Euro Commemorative of Finland 2007 2 Euro Commemorative of Finland 2007 2 Euro Commemorative of Finland 2008 2 Euro Commemorative of Finland 2009 2 Euro Commemorative of Finland 2009
France       2 Euro Commemorative of France 2007 2 Euro Commemorative of France 2008 2 Euro Commemorative of France 2009
Germany     2 Euro Commemorative of Germany 2006 2 Euro Commemorative of Germany 2007 2 Euro Commemorative of Germany 2007 2 Euro Commemorative of Germany 2008 2 Euro Commemorative of Germany 2009 2 Euro Commemorative of Germany 2009
Greece 2 Euro Commemorative of Greece 2004     2 Euro Commemorative of Greece 2007   2 Euro Commemorative of Greece 2009
Ireland       2 euro Commemorative of Ireland 2007   2 euro Commemorative of Ireland 2009
Italy 2 Euro Commemorative of Italy 2004 2 Euro Commemorative of Italy 2005 2 Euro Commemorative of Italy 2006 2 Euro Commemorative of Italy 2007 2 euro Commemorative of Italy 2008 2 euro Commemorative of Italy 2009 2 euro Commemorative of Italy 2009
Luxembourg 2 Euro Commemorative of Luxembourg 2004 2 Euro Commemorative of Luxembourg 2005 2 Euro Commemorative of Luxembourg 2006 2 Euro Commemorative of Luxembourg 2007 2 Euro Commemorative of Luxembourg 2007 2 Euro Commemorative of Luxembourg 2008 2 Euro Commemorative of Luxembourg 2009 2 Euro Commemorative of Luxembourg 2009
Malta           2 euro Commemorative Malta 2009
Monaco       Euro of Monaco 2007      
Nederland       2 euro Commemorative of The Netherlands 2007   2 euro Commemorative of The Netherlands 2009
Portugal       2 Euro Commemorative of Portugal 2007 2 Euro Commemorative of Portugal 2007 2 Euro Commemorative of Portugal 2008 2 euro Commemorative of Portugal 2009 2 euro Commemorative of Portugal 2009
San Marino 2 Euro Commemorative of San Marino 2004 2 Euro Commemorative of San Marino 2005 2 Euro Commemorative of San Marino 2006 2 Euro Commemorative of San Marino 2007 2 Euro Commemorative of San Marino 2008 2 Euro Commemorative of San Marino 2009
Slovakia           2 euro Commemorative Slovacchia 2009 2 euro Slovacchia Commemorative 2009
Slovenia       2 Euro Commemorative of Slovenia 2007 2 Euro Commemorative of Slovenia 2008 2 euro Commemorative of Slovenia 2009
Spain   2 Euro Commemorative of Spain 2005   2 Euro Commemorative of Spain 2007   2 Euro Commemorative of Spain 2009
Vatican 2 Euro Commemorative of Vatican City 2004 2 Euro Commemorative of Vatican City 2005 2 Euro Commemorative of Vatican City 2006 2 Euro Commemorative of Vatican City 2007 2 Euro Commemorative of Vatican City 2008 2 Euro Commemorative of Vatican City 2009

2010 2011 2012
Austria     2 Euro Commemorative of Austria 2012
Belgium 2 Euro Commemorative of Belgium 2010 2 Euro Commemorative of Belgium 2011  
Cyprus      
Finland 2 Euro Commemorative of Finland 2010 2 Euro Commemorative of Finland 2011  
France 2 Euro Commemorative of France 2010 2 Euro Commemorative of France 2011  
Germany 2 Euro Commemorative of Germany 2010 2 Euro Commemorative of Germany 2011 2 Euro Commemorative of Germany 2012
Greece 2 Euro Commemorative of Greece 2010 2 Euro Commemorative of Greece 2011  
Ireland      
Italy 2 euro Commemorative of Italy 2010 2 euro Commemorative of Italy 2011  
Luxembourg 2 Euro Commemorative of Luxembourg 2010 2 Euro Commemorative of Luxembourg 2011  
Malta   2 Euro Commemorative of Malta 2011  
Monaco   Euro of Monaco 2011  
Nederland   2 Euro Commemorative of The Netherlands 2011  
Portugal 2 euro Commemorative of Portugal 2010 2 euro Commemorative of Portugal 2011  
San Marino 2 Euro Commemorative of San Marino 2010 2 Euro Commemorative of San Marino 2011  
Slovakia   2 euro Commemorative of Slovakia 2011 2 euro Commemorative of Slovakia 2012
Slovenia 2 euro Commemorative of Slovenia 2010 2 euro Commemorative of Slovenia 2011 2 euro Commemorative of Slovenia 2012
Spain 2 Euro Commemorative of Spain 2010 2 Euro Commemorative of Spain 2011  
Vatican 2 Euro Commemorative of Vatican City 2010 2 Euro Commemorative of Vatican City 2011