Euro Coins

Germany has 5 different mints that each mint coins. These mints are located in Berlin (A), Munich (D), Stuttgart (F), Karlsruhe (G), and Hamburg (J). All German euro-coins contain a letter (the “mintmark”) identifying which mint the coin was minted at. This means that there are 5 versions of every German euro-coin that must be collected.

As a result of a late joining to the Eurozone, Greece was assisted by the countries of France, Spain, and Finland to mint coins for 2002. For this reason all 2002 coins have two varieties — one with a mintmark in the star (‘F’, ‘E’, and ‘S’) and one without.

For certain commemorative releases Luxembourg minted two different varieties — “classic” and a “holographic”. Any years listed on this page suffixed with ‘C’ are of the classic variety while any years suffixed with ‘H’ are of the holographic variety.