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Cat # Description Image
EU-1   5 Euro 2002 (Classical architecture; European map)   [Picture & Info]
EU-2   10 Euro 2002 (Romanesque architecture; Europe map)   [Picture & Info]
EU-3   20 Euro 2002 (Gothic architecture; map of Europe)   [Picture & Info]
EU-4   50 Euro 2002 (Renaissance architecture; Europe map)   [Picture & Info]
EU-5   100 Euro 2002 Project (Baroque & Rokoko)   [Picture & Info]
EU-6   200 Euro 2002 Project (Steel & glass architecture)   [Picture & Info]
EU-7   500 Euro 2002 Project (Modern architecture)   [Picture & Info]
                 
              Single letter serial number prefixes indicating a member country:

A -
B -
C -
D -
E -
F -
G -
H -
Slovenia
I
-
J - Reserved for United Kingdom
K - Reserved for Sweden
L - Finland
M - Portugal
N - Austria
O -
P - Netherlands
Q -
R - Luxembourg
S - Italy
T - Ireland
U - France
V - Spain
W - Reserved for Denmark
X - Germany
Y - Greece
Z - Belgium

Other countries/territories using the Euro:
France: French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Monaco, Reunion,
St. Pierre and Miquelon, Andorra.
Spain: Balearic Islands, Canary Islands.
Italy: Madeira, San Marino, Vatican City.
Portugal: Azores.

Guess which remaining 11 letters are reserved for which future member country
of the European Union! EU will run out of letters and will have to use double letters
in the near future after 2007 as many more countries will join the EU and the Euro
Zone. The following 10 countries have joined the EU in May 2004:

Cyprus, Czechia, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland,
Slovakia, Slovenia.


After May 2004 European Union has become a 25 member strong political and
economical bloc with 450+ million inhabitants.

The following 2 countries have joined the EU in January 2007:

Bulgaria, Romania.

After January 2007 the European Union has become a 27 member strong political and
economical bloc with almost half milliard (half billion) inhabitants.

Question:
What are the dates of the end of redemption periods for majour European
currencies that joined the EuroZone?
Answer:
End of redemption periods *

Country   Coins   Notes
Austria   Unlimited   Unlimited
Belgium   31-12-2004   Unlimited
Finland   29-02-2012   29-02-2012
France   17-02-2005   17-02-2012
Germany   Unlimited   Unlimited
Greece   01-03-2004   01-03-2012
Ireland   Unlimited   Unlimited
Italy   01-03-2012   01-03-2012
Luxembourg   31-12-2004   Unlimited
Netherlands   01-01-2007   01-01-2032
Portugal   30-12-2002   30-12-2022
Slovenia   31-12-2016   Unlimited
Spain   Unlimited   Unlimited

* last day of redemption at national central banks (DD-MM-YYYY)

               


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