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Irish euro coins all share the same design by Jarlath Hayes, that of the harp, a traditional symbol for Ireland since the Middle Ages, based on that of the Brian Boru harp, housed in Trinity College Dublin. The same harp is used as on the official seals of the Taoiseach, and government ministers and the seal of the president of Ireland.
A silver 10 Euro commemorating John McCormack (1884–1945), Irish tenor and Papal Count. A gold 20 Euro commemorating the 1000th anniversary of the Battle of Clontarf. A silver 15 Euro commemorating the centenary of the death of John Philip Holland (1840–1914), an Irish engineer regarded as the father of the modern submarine.
This coin was issued commemorating the 2003 Special Olympics World Summer Games hosted in Ireland; it was the biggest mint ever with 60,000 coins released. In general, Ireland mints coins with very low face values, but because of the rarity of their gold coins, they are quoted in the market at very high values.
One side of euro coins is common across the eurozone, it is the obverse which has a design unique to Ireland. Although some other countries used more than one design, or even a separate design for each of the eight coins (1c, 2c, 5c, 10c, 20c, 50c, €1 and €2), Ireland used only one design.
The two mints of the Staatliche Münzen Baden-Württemberg in Stuttgart and Karlsruhe have minted over 40% of the German euro coins in circulation. [21] The Bavarian State Mint in Munich mints about 21% of circulating German euro coins. [22] The Staatliche Münze Berlin produces about one-fifth of German euro coinage. [23]
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Denmark is the only EU member state which has been granted an exemption from using the euro. [1] Czechia, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Sweden have not adopted the Euro either, although unlike Denmark, they have not formally opted out; instead, they fail to meet the ERM II (Exchange Rate Mechanism) which results in the non-use of the Euro.