Commemorative coins

A commemorative coin, it is a coin which was struck in order to commemorate a particular event. So some of them are in circulation, their finality is generally the collection. Many numismatists besides are only specialized in the commemorative coins. When those did they appear? Which are the events which were commemorated?

History of the commemorative coins

The commemorative coins started to circulate as of Antiquity. Many Roman coins were emitted in order to celebrate the military campaigns and the victories vis-a-vis the foreign powers. For example, a coin was struck during the reign of Lucius Verus, Roman Emperor, to glorify his victory against Vologèse IV, Large-King of Parthes.

Throughout the history, commemorative coins continued to be delivered, and this in almost all the nations. Often, it was a question of celebrating the accession to the throne of a new monarch. Let us take the example of a Danish crown of 1912, emitted to commemorate the crowning of Christian X: the portrait of the new king is present on the avers and the portrait of former king, Frederick VIII, is on the reverse.

Which impact of the war on the emission of the commemorative coins? During the First World War and even during the crisis of the years 1930, the commemorative coins continued to be struck with precious metals. However, their use as currency of circulation rarefied.

To collect the commemorative coins

The collection of the commemorative coins does not answer any precise rule: each numismatist is free to concentrate on a specific set of themes, one time or a country. Here some ideas: political personalities, Olympic Games, buildings, etc It is also possible to collect only commemorative coins resulting from the same currency: euro, Deutsche Mark, pound sterling, etc Whatever the choice of the numismatist, it is advised to organize itself as well as possible at the beginning of the collection while classifying and by protecting the lately acquired coins.

The case of the coin commemorative of 2 euros

The coins commemorative of 2 euros are struck by one of the 19 Member States of the euro zone. They have course in all this monetary area. Some of these coins are very rare and thus more difficult to find for the numismatists! Several solutions are thus offered to them. It is possible to fall on a coin commemorative randomly of the daily exchanges of currency or to buy coins with other numismatists. Lastly, the collectors can find a multiplicity of coins commemorative on the website of the House of the Collector.

The coins commemorative of 2 euros are emitted to celebrate many events such as the Olympic Games of Athens in 2004 (Greece), the Monogram of the Grand duke Henri in 2004 (Luxembourg), the 50ème birthday of the Treaty of the Elysium in 2013 (Germany), etc Cependant, certain emissions have more pulling than others. For examples, the 25th birthday of the German reunification saw gratifier of a pulling of 30 million coins whereas the 800ème birthday of the construction of the first castle on the rock of Monaco was drawn with 10,000 coins.

There exist finally particular series which can be common or specific to a country. For example, the 19 countries of the euro zone carried out a common emission celebrating the 30e birthday of the European flag in 2015.