Hello Kazunari-san (or better say "Ohayo gozaimasu Kazunari-san" if my
japanese lessons are not too rusty in my mind...)

Yep, you are true.

8 different coins :
- 1, 2, 5, 10, 20 and 50 cents
- 1 and 2 euros

Every country has to have a common face (representing a map of
Europe), and is allowed to have a custom design on the back. Most
country have 3 different back designs I think, depending on the value
of the coin : 1 / 2 / 5 cents, 10 / 20 / 50 cents, or 1 / 2 euros. The
only exception I know is Netherlands, which has identical back design
for any coin (being queen Beatrix's face)

But since the shape and color of each coin make it quite recognisable,
there is no real matter weather it comes from Spain, Greece or
Finland. I even makes it funnier, thinking a coin travelled all
through Europe before arriving in you wallet ;)

Have a nice day (even though it must be kind of late already out there
in Japan...)

Regards,
Alexis

On 08/08/05, Kazunari Hirano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
> I heard that 12 countries use Euro which has 8 kinds of coin.
> Their faces have common design but thier back designs are different
> country by country.
> Therefore there are 96 kinds of Euro coin.
> Is this true?
> :)
> khirano
>

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