Editing Euro (section)

===Coins===
{{Main|Euro coins}}
[[File:Croatian euro coins (10).jpg|thumb|[[Euro coins]] with Croatian national sides]]

The euro is divided into 100 [[cent (currency)|cents]] (also referred to as ''euro cents'', especially when distinguishing them from other currencies, and referred to as such on the common side of all cent coins). In Community legislative acts the plural forms of ''euro'' and ''cent'' are spelled without the ''s'', notwithstanding normal English usage.<ref name="ec.europa.eu">{{cite web|url=http://ec.europa.eu/economy_finance/euro/cash/symbol/index_en.htm |title= How to use the euro name and symbol |publisher=European Commission |access-date=7 April 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://ec.europa.eu/economy_finance/publications/publication6336_en.pdf |title=Spelling of the words "euro" and "cent" in official Community languages as used in Community Legislative acts |access-date=26 November 2008 |author=European Commission }}</ref> Otherwise, normal English plurals are used,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ec.europa.eu/translation/writing/style_guides/english/style_guide_en.pdf |title=English Style Guide: A handbook for authors and translators in the European Commission |access-date=16 November 2008 |author=European Commission Directorate-General for Translation |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101205092625/http://ec.europa.eu/translation/writing/style_guides/english/style_guide_en.pdf |archive-date=5 December 2010 }}; {{cite web |url=http://publications.europa.eu/code/en/en-370303.htm |title=Interinstitutional style guide, 7.3.3. Rules for expressing monetary units |access-date=16 November 2008 |author=European Union }}</ref> with many [[Linguistic issues concerning the euro|local variations]] such as ''centime'' in France.

All circulating coins have a ''common side'' showing the denomination or value, and a map in the background. Due to the [[Languages of the European Union|linguistic plurality in the European Union]], the Latin alphabet version of ''euro'' is used (as opposed to the less common Greek or Cyrillic) and [[Arabic numerals]] (other text is used on national sides in national languages, but other text on the common side is avoided). For the denominations except the 1-, 2- and 5-cent coins, the map only showed the 15 member states of the union as of 2002. Beginning in 2007 or 2008 (depending on the country), the old map was replaced by a map of Europe also showing countries outside the [[European Union|EU]].<ref name="europa-common_sides">{{cite web |title=Common sides of euro coins |url=https://economy-finance.ec.europa.eu/euro/euro-coins-and-notes/euro-coins/common-sides-euro-coins_en |website=Europa |publisher=European Commission |access-date=30 December 2023}}</ref> The 1-, 2- and 5-cent coins, however, keep their old design, showing a geographical map of Europe with the [[European Union|EU]] member states as of 2002, raised somewhat above the rest of the map. All common sides were designed by [[Luc Luycx]]. The coins also have a ''national side'' showing an image specifically chosen by the country that issued the coin. Euro coins from any member state may be freely used in any nation that has adopted the euro.

The coins are issued in denominations of [[2 euro coins|€2]], [[1 euro coins|€1]], [[50 euro cent coin|50c]], [[20 euro cent coin|20c]], [[10 euro cent coin|10c]], [[5 euro cent coin|5c]], [[2 euro cent coin|2c]], and [[1 euro cent coin|1c]]. To avoid the use of the two smallest coins, some cash transactions are rounded to the nearest five cents in the Netherlands and Ireland<ref>{{cite web|url=http://neurope.eu/article/ireland-to-round-to-nearest-5-cents-starting-october-28/|title=Ireland to round to nearest 5 cents starting October 28|date=27 October 2015|access-date=17 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306012032/http://neurope.eu/article/ireland-to-round-to-nearest-5-cents-starting-october-28/|archive-date=6 March 2016|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.centralbank.ie/paycurr/Pages/rounding.aspx|title=Rounding |website= Central Bank of Ireland}}</ref> (by voluntary agreement) and in Finland and Italy (by law).<ref>{{cite web|author=European Commission|author-link=European Commission|title=Euro cash: five and familiar |url=http://ec.europa.eu/economy_finance/een/005/article_4324_en.htm |publisher=[[Europa (web portal)|Europa]] |date = January 2007|access-date=26 January 2009}}</ref> This practice is discouraged by the commission, as is the practice of certain shops of refusing to accept high-value euro notes.<ref>Pop, Valentina (22 March 2010) [http://euobserver.com/?aid=29737 "Commission frowns on shop signs that say: '€500 notes not accepted{{'"}}], ''[[EU Observer]]''</ref>

[[€2 commemorative coins|Commemorative coins]] with €2 face value have been issued with changes to the design of the national side of the coin. These include both commonly issued coins, such as the €2 commemorative coin for the fiftieth anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Rome, and nationally issued coins, such as the coin to commemorate the [[2004 Summer Olympics]] issued by Greece. These coins are legal tender throughout the eurozone. Collector coins with various other denominations have been issued as well, but these are not intended for general circulation, and they are legal tender only in the member state that issued them.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://europa.eu/legislation_summaries/economic_and_monetary_affairs/introducing_euro_practical_aspects/l25058_en.htm |title=Commission communication: The introduction of euro banknotes and coins one year after COM(2002) 747 |access-date=26 January 2009 |author=European Commission |publisher=Europa (web portal) |date=15 February 2003}}</ref>
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Vatican Euro coins with images of [[Pope Francis]] and [[Pope Benedict XVI]]

====Coin minting====
A number of institutions are authorised to mint euro coins:
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* [[Bavarian Central Mint|Bayerisches Hauptmünzamt]] ([[Mint mark]]: D)
* [[Currency Centre]]
* [[Royal Mint (Spain)|Real Casa de la Moneda]]
* [[Hamburgische Münze]] (J)
* [[Croatian Mint|Hrvatska kovnica novca]]
* {{ill|Banknote and Securities Printing Foundation|el}}
* [[Imprensa Nacional-Casa da Moeda]]
* [[Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato]]
* [[Royal Belgian Mint|Koninklijke Munt van België/Monnaie Royale de Belgique]]
* [[Royal Dutch Mint|Koninklijke Nederlandse Munt]]
* [[Lithuanian Mint|Lietuvos monetų kalykla]]
* [[Kremnica Mint|Mincovňa Kremnica]]
* [[Monnaie de Paris]]
* [[Austrian Mint|Münze Österreich]]
* [[Mint of Finland|Suomen Rahapaja/Myntverket i Finland]]
* [[Staatliche Münze Berlin]] (A)
* [[Staatliche Münzen Baden-Württemberg]] (F): Stuttgart, (G): Karlsruhe
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