moneda euro si simbolismul ei in cadrul comunitatii europene

The euro currency and it’s symbolysm in the european community.

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EURO(ISO EUR,with the symbol €) is the official european currency of 18 out of 28 states which are members of the European Union.The states,known as collectively as “The eurozone ” are:Austria,Belgium,Cyprus,Estonia,Finland,France,Germany,Greece,Ireland,Italy,Latvia,Luxemburg,Malta,Netherlands,Portugal,Slovakia,Slovenia and Spain.The euro currency is used with the aggrement of the community are:Monaco,San Marino and Vatican and Andorra,Kosovo,Montenegro are using it witouth the agrrement of the EU.The estimations are showing that the euro currency is being used daily by aproximatively 327 million europeans.

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Coins

Bills

€ 5Dimension:120 x 62 mmDominant colour:GrayArchitecture: Clasic style belonging of the fifth century.

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€ 5€ 10€ 20€ 50€ 100€ 200€ 500

Euro(EUR or €) is the common currency for the majority of the european nations of the European Union.The euro bills and coins have started being used in the first january 2002 altough the currency appeared formaly in the first of january 1999.The euro currency is the official currency in 17 state members of the European Union and in other four states(Monica,San-Marino,Vatican and Kosovo).The drawings on each bill have a comune theme which is the european evolution of the architecture in the main artistic periods.The frontal part of the bill has windows and gates and in the oposite part there are representations of bridges(symbols of the union of the European countries).The monuments represented on the bills do not exist so that pottential controversials in the choosing of the buildings won’t exist.

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€ 10Dimension: 127 x 67 mmDominant colour:RedArchitecture :Romantic style belonging of ninth and eleventh centuries.

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Dimension: 133 x 72 mm Dominant colour:Blue Architecture :Gothic style

belonging of the XIII and XIV centuries.

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€ 50 Dimension: 140 x 77 mm Dominant colour:Orange Architecture :The

Renaissance belonging of the XV and XVI.

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€ 100 Dimension: 147 x 82 mm Dominant colour:Green Architecture :The Baroc and

Rococo styles belonging of the XVII and XVIII centuries.

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€ 200 Dimension: 153 x 82 mm Dominant colours:Brown and

yellow Architecture :Steel and glass

belonging of the XIX and XX centuries.

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€ 500 Dimension: 160 x 82 mm Dominant colour:Purple Architecture :The Mordern

style belonging of the XX and XXI centuries.

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All the coins have a common side and a national side.

The common side:the 1,2 and 5 eurocents coins represent the position of Europe in the world;10,20 and 50 eurocents coins represent the Europe as an alliance of states and the coins of 1 and 2 euros represent Europe without borders.

The national side is different depending on the the country that emited it.(Even Monaco,San Marino and Vatican have their own coins).All the bills are realised after a common model for the whole eurozone.All the coins are usable in all the countries which are members of the European Union.The first currency that dissapeared was the Deutsche Mark(german currency),in 31 december 2001 and the last ones dissapeared in 2002.In 1997,The European Council of Amsterdam chose the winning models of Luc Luycx from Belgium.The graffician realised the european side of the euro coins.

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Common side

The national side

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The common side

All the coins have on their common side of the coin a drawing realised by Luc Luycx.The drawing of the 1,2 and 5 cents ilustrates the positioning of Europe on the globe.The coins of 10,20 and 50 cents and the 1 and 2 euros represent either the European Union before its expansion in the first may 2004 either,starting with first january 2007,a map of Europe.All the coins have 12 stars in their design.

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The national side Each country which is a member of the eurozone has it’s own design on the national part of the coin.The models vary from the presentation of the efigy of the monarch in Belgium to a different drawing for each coin in Italy.Anyways the 12 stars are represented in a way or another on this side too. Altough they are not members of the European

Union:Monaco,San Marino and Vatican have also euro coins with their own national side but these are not ment for being put into circulation,they are mostly used by coin collectioners.

Each state has the right to emit each year a serie of coins with a comemorative character.The coins have the nominal value of 2 euros and they have a circulation power.Each year there can be emited a suplimentary serie of coins in the case of an international event by each country.

Except for the coins in circulation there have been emited in numismatic purposes coins with the value of 0.25,5,8,10,12,20,25,50,100 and 200 euros made of noble metals.

Italy 0,01 € 0,02 € 0,20 € 0,50 € 0,05 € 0,10 € 1,00 € 2,00 €France0,01 € 0,02 € 0,20 € 0,50 € 0,05 € 0,10 € 1,00 € 2,00 €Germany0,01 € 0,02 € 0,20 € 0,50 € 0,05 € 0,10 € 1,00 € 2,00 €

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The italian coins0,01 €Castel del Monte, uncastel din Apulia (sec. XIII).

0,02 €Mole Antonelliana, a tower symbolising the town of Torino.

0,05 €The Colosseum of Rome,the famous amphitheater.

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0,10 €The birth of Venus of the painter Sandro Botticelli

0,20 €The futuristic sculpture Formsof Unique Continuity inSpace of Umberto Boccioni

0,50 €The evester statue of the emperorMarcus Aurelius

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1,00 € Thr Vitruvian man, drawing

of Leonardo da Vinci

2,00 € The portrait of Dante Alighieri of

Raphael

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French coins0,01 €The portrait of Marianne, symbol of the Republic of France

0,02 €Portrait of Marianne, symbol of the Republic of France

0,05 €Portrait of Marianne, symbol of the Republic of France

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0,10 €Seeder,a theme that was represented on the franc currency(the one before euro)

0,20 €Seeder,a theme that was represented on the franc currency(the one before euro)

0,50 €Seeder,a theme that was represented on the franc currency(the one before euro)

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1,00 €A stylised tree contained in a hexagon with the motto Liberté Egalité Fraternité

2,00 €A stylised tree contained in a hexagon with the motto Liberté Egalité Fraternité

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Monedele germane

0,01 €German oak leaf the was on the old pfennig (pfennig,German=penny).

0,02 €German oak leaf the was on the old pfennig.

0,05 €German oak leaf the was on the old pfennig (pfennig,German=penny).

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0,10 €The Brandenburg gate,symbol of division and unity.

0,20 €The Brandenburg gate,symbol of division and unity.

0,50 €The Brandenburg gate,symbol of division and unity.

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1,00 €The eagle,symbol of the

german suveranity.

2,00 €The eagle,symbol of the

german suveranity.

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