# 419 - 2 Euro Commemoratives - Part 21
I love commemorative coins and, a few years ago, I discovered that the Euro Community was minting commemorative coins.
Each country has the right to mint up to two coins each year. They must be 2 euros, with the same face of a normal 2 euros coin and the same attributes and aspect.
The minting country uses the other side to show us what it is being commemorated.
They circulate exactly as the normal 2 euros coins.
The only exception to the rule of two coins each year is when they commemorate facts that affect the whole Europe. In this case the countries are allowed an extra coin.
They are Bi-Metallic Nickel-brass clad Nickel center in Copper-nickel ring, 8.5 g.
The first one was minted in Greece (2004) to commemorate the Athens Summer Olympic Games with a mintage of 50,000,000.
I will show all that I have, in no particular order.
The info about the coins was taken from Numista : https://en.numista.com/index.php
Today's first is a 2012 2 Euro from Finland, commemorating the 150th birthday of Helene Schjerfbeck. She was a Finnish painter, most widely known for her realist works and self-portraits.
The second is a 2013 2 Euro from Greece, commemorating the 2400th anniversary of the Foundation of the Platonic Academy. It depicts a portrait of Plato.
The third is a 2013 2 Euro from Greece, commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Union of Crete and Greece. It depicts Cretan rebels raising the Greek flag, a symbolic representation of Crete’s struggle for Union with Greece.
I hope you have enjoyed our little walk around the euro commemoratives.
Thank you for reading. Please comment, upvote, resteem and advise me.
I loved the two Greek coins but the Union of Crete and Greece is by far the most beautiful.
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I liked it too. It is different, for the great majority of the commemoratives show the faces of important people.
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That's cool you preserve circulated coins. I do the same.
All my 2 Euro commemoratives are uncirculated coins. They could be circulated, but they are not. If I lived in Europe I could build my collection with my pocket change, but as I live in Brazil, I must buy my coins on the Internet.
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