Spain 2003 euro

from the Mountain Groan Collection

The specimen shown is an example of a type struck in Madrid for Spain, 1999-2006. Like other members of the Eurozone, Spain began minting euros in 1999 but their use did not become compulsory until 2002. The admission of additional members caused the reverse to be redesigned in 2007 to show the enlarged zone.

Recorded mintage: 297,400,000 plus 40,000 proofs.

Specification: 7.5 g., Bi-Metallic Copper-Nickel center in Brass ring, 23.2 mm diameter; Obv: King's portrait by Luiz Jose Diaz; Rev: Relief map of Western Europe, stars, lines and value by Luc Luycx; Edge: Reeded and plain sections.

Catalog reference: Cayón-18451, KM 1046.

Source:

• Cayón, Adolfo, Clemente Cayón and Juan Cayón, Las Monedas Españolas, del Tremis al Euro: del 411 a Nuestros Dias, 2 volumes, Madrid: Cayón-Jano S.L., 2005.
• Calicó, Xavier, Numismática Española: Catálogo General con Precios de Todas las Monedas Españolas Acuñadas desde Los Reyes Católicos Hasta Juan Carlos I, 1474 a 2001, Barcelona: Aureo & Calicó, 2008.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 2001-Date, 13th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2018.

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• 2002 10 cent
• Italy 2002 euro
• 2003 cent
• 2008 euro
• Coins and currency dated 2003
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