Slovenia 2021 Annual 10-Coin EURO BU Set

The Annual Sets The Netherlands 2022 contain all eight denominations in different qualities and packaging.

As culture carriers and a means of communication, coins function as a sort of time capsules. The Annual Sets The Netherlands from 2022 are therefore linked to (inter)national and personal milestones of this year. In addition, from 2022 to 2025, the Annual Sets from the National Collection® are devoted to the four elements: earth, fire, air and water. After all, the elements are linked to the seasons that determine our annual rhythm. The series starts this year with the element “Earth”.
Mintage: 11 500 sets.

Face value: 10 Yuan
Metal: cipper/nickel
weight: 9,2 g
Diameter: 27 mm
Quality: B.U.

The main design on the reverse is a traditional paper-cutting artistic ox combined. A palace lantern and grains are shown above. The left side is the Chinese word called “Xin Chou”, which is the Chinese traditional year name of 2021, the year of ox. The obverse is patterned with Chinese words of “the People’s Bank of China”, “10 Yuan” and its Pinyin of “SHIYUAN”, and the year “2021”, shading with flowers

To commemorate the Floriade Expo 2022 the Royal Dutch Mint launches a special coincard with two Dutch 20 euro cents and a 2 euro cent from 2022. The Floriade Expo is a world horticultural exhibition that is organised only once every ten years. From the 14th of April until the 19th of October 2022, part of Almere will be transformed into one large blooming garden. Within the theme “Growing Green Cities”, which draws attention to greener cities, more than 400 national and international participants present their latest green inventions.

Issue limit: 7 000 sets

The euro coin series comprises eight different denominations: 1, 2, 5, 10, 20 and 50 cent, €1 and €2. The euro coins have a common side and a national side. The national side indicates the issuing country. The common sides of the coins were designed by Mr Luc Luycx of the Royal Belgian Mint.

They show images of the European Union or of Europe and symbolise the unity of the EU. The 1, 2 and 5 cent coins show Europe in relation to Africa and Asia on a globe.
Croatia has chosen four designs for their national sides of the euro coins, all featuring the distinctive Croatian chequerboard pattern in the background. All the coins also depict the 12 stars of the European flag.

The €2 coin features a map of Croatia on a chequerboard background. The design, by Ivan Šivak, includes the year of issuance and the inscription “HRVATSKA”, the country’s name in Croatian.

Edge lettering of the €2 coin: “O LIJEPA O DRAGA O SLATKA SLOBODO” (“Oh beautiful, oh dear, oh sweet freedom”), a line from Ivan Gundulić’s famous play, Dubravka.

The €1 coin shows a marten on a chequerboard background and was designed by Jagor Šunde, David Čemeljić and Fran Zekan. The marten is a small mammal that lent its name to the country’s former currency, the kuna. The design includes the year of issuance and the inscription “HRVATSKA”, the country’s name in Croatian.

The 50 cent , 20 cent and. 10 cent coin features a portrait of inventor and engineer Nikola Tesla, who developed alternating current technology. The coin was designed by Ivan Domagoj Račić and includes the year of issuance and the inscription “HRVATSKA”, the country’s name in Croatian.

The 1, 2 and 5 -cent coin shows a motif of the letters “HR” in the angular Glagolitic script. The Glagolitic alphabet is the oldest known Slavic script and was used in Croatia until the 19th century. The coin was designed by Maja Škripelj and includes the year of issuance and the inscription “HRVATSKA”, the country’s name in Croatian.