This newest release of Banco de Espana commemorates the unique Mudéjar Architecture of Aragon. The region, located in the north-eastern of Spain with the capital city of Zaragoza, is famous for its aesthetic trend called Mudéjar. This style developed in medieval times, in the twelfth century, as a result of Islamic, Gothic and Roman influences. Its main...
Jože Plečnik (1872-1957) was a Slovene architect who had a major impact on the modern architecture of Ljubljana. He designed the famous Triple Bridge and the Slovene National and University Library building, as well as the embankments along the Ljubljanica River. His architectural imprint on Ljubljana has been compared to the impact Antoni Gaudí had on...
We are pleased to present this 2022 commemorative 2 euro coin dedicated to the 35th anniversary of Erasmus programme. The design of the coin depicts the philosopher Erasmus of Rotterdam while he is writing. In the background, numerous lines connect at various points symbolizing the many intellectual and human exchanges between European students. The numer...
We are pleased to present this 2022 commemorative 2 euro coin dedicated to the 35th anniversary of Erasmus programme. The design of the coin depicts the philosopher Erasmus of Rotterdam while he is writing. In the background, numerous lines connect at various points symbolizing the many intellectual and human exchanges between European students. The numer...
This Emmision is dedicated to the 150th anniversary of the Estonian Writers' Association. The coin depicts an open book on one side of which is a sentence by Jakob Hurdy, the first president of the Estonian Writers' Association: "If we cannot become great in number, we must become great in spirit."
We are pleased to present this 2022 commemorative 2 euro coin dedicated to the 35th anniversary of Erasmus programme. The design of the coin depicts the philosopher Erasmus of Rotterdam while he is writing. In the background, numerous lines connect at various points symbolizing the many intellectual and human exchanges between European students. The numer...
We are pleased to present this 2022 commemorative 2 euro coin dedicated to the 35th anniversary of Erasmus programme. The design of the coin depicts the philosopher Erasmus of Rotterdam while he is writing. In the background, numerous lines connect at various points symbolizing the many intellectual and human exchanges between European students. The numer...
The coin celebrates the Bundesrat, one of the constitutional institutions of the Federal Republic of Germany, which celebrated its 70th anniversary in 2019. The coin is part of the "Federal States" series started in 2006, which aims to give European citizens a clearer idea of Germany's federal structure. The coin depicts the Bundesrat building in great...
This 2 Euro coin is dedicated to the Garajonay National Park is located in the central part of La Gomera, Canary Islands, Spain. It received the status of a national park in 1981, and in 1986 it was included in the UNESCO World Heritage List. The coin depicts the Roque de Agando peak and a detail of a laurel forest.At the top are the name of the...
This issue commemorates the explorer Juan Sebastian Elcano and the 500th anniversary of the first circumnavigation of the Earth by Elcano on the ship Victoria as part of Ferdinand Magellan's expedition to the Spice Islands. The coin features an image of Juan Sebastian Elcano on a background of lines indicating latitudes and longitudes on a globe.