BASIC STAGES

1 JANUARY 1999 euro becomes "bank" currency 1 JANUARY 2002 go into circulate euro coins and bank-notes and old ones are withdown. 1 JULY 2002 bank-notes and coins in liras stop to have legal course.

THE CHOICE OF THE COINS

More of the Countries which will adopt Euro, decided to "divide" into 3 groups the new currency: ¨the first band'll be in twometals ( and 2 euro ) ¨ the second band'll be in metal (10,20 and 50 hundredth) ¨ the third band'll be in copper

THE 11 STATE MEMBERS PARTECIPATING TO THE UNIQUE MONETARY AND ECONOMIC SYSTEM ARE:
AUSTRIA
BELGIUM 
FINLAND 
FRANCE 
GERMAN 
IRELAND 
ITALY 
LUXEMBOURG 
NETHERLANDS 
PORTUGAL 
SPAIN

Euro will be available in metallic coins of 1,2,5,10,20,50 hundredth and of 1 and 2 euro and in bank-notes of 5,10,20,50,100,200 and 500 euro.
The Bank-notes will be all the same in the whole euro area, while the coins will have national at the bock of closenty every state member.

THE COIN

1 euro hund stell copper colour red Castel del Monte

2 euro hund stell copper colour red Mole Antonelliana

5 euro hund stell copper colour red Il Colosseo

10 euro hund Nordic Gold Yellow Venere di Botticelli

20 euro hund Nordic Gold Yellow Il Simbolo di U. Boccioni

50 euro hund Nordic Gold Yellow Marco Aurelio

1 euro Two Metal nichel brass ,esterior yellow, interior white Uomo Vit. Di Leonardo

2 euro Two Metal nichel brass esterior white,interior yellow Dante Alighieri.