Therefore, one side (reverse, with a face value) for all coins of the united Europe is standard, and the second (obverse) for each country has its own.Ĭommon side of euro coins 2 and 1 euro, 50, 20 and 10 cents until 2007 The design of the coins was developed so that each EU country can put their own images on them, which will indicate the issuing country.
Therefore, in Belgium, the Netherlands, Spain, Finland and France, you can find euro and euro cent coins with the dates 1999, 20, although in these years the national currency was still in circulation in the EU countries. The European currency was introduced on January 1, 2002, but coins were minted earlier.
