The 1c, 2c and 5c coins show Europe in relation to Asia and Africa in the world. There are eight different denominations of euro coins: 1c, 2c, 5c, 10c, 20c, 50c, €1 and €2. Īndorra started minting coins in 2014, so as of 2023 there are 24 countries with their own national sides. Slovenia joined the eurozone in 2007, Cyprus and Malta joined in 2008, Slovakia in 2009, Estonia in 2011, Latvia in 2014, Lithuania in 2015 and Croatia in 2023, introducing eight more national-side designs. Īs the EU's membership has since expanded in 2004, 20, with further expansions envisaged, the common face of all euro coins from the value of 10c and above were redesigned in 2007 to show a new map. Cyprus did not independently issue a €2 commemorative coin until 2017.

In 2012, the third eurozone-wide issue of a 2-euro commemorative coin was issued, celebrating 10 years of euro coins and notes. In 2009, the second eurozone-wide issue of a 2-euro commemorative coin was issued, celebrating ten years of the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU). By 2007, all states but France, Ireland and the Netherlands had minted a commemorative issue and the first eurozone-wide commemorative coin was issued to celebrate 50 years of the Treaty of Rome. In 2004, €2 commemorative coins were allowed to be minted in six states. In 2009 the Lisbon Treaty formalised its political authority, the Eurogroup, alongside the European Central Bank. It rapidly replaced the former national currencies and the eurozone has since expanded further to some newer EU states. In 1999, the currency was born virtually and in 2002 notes and coins began to circulate. The Maastricht Treaty entered into force in 1993 with the goal of creating economic and monetary union by 1999 for all EU states except the United Kingdom and Denmark (even though Denmark has a fixed exchange rate policy with the euro).

It had been a goal of the European Union (EU) and its predecessors since the 1960s. The euro came into existence on 1 January 1999.

Austria 2002 20 cent euro coin