On Euro coins
Depictions of WHS on Euro coins. Special commemorative coins are also included, as long as they are legal tender.
Connected Sites
Site | Rationale | Link |
Altamira Cave | Spanish 2015 commemorative 2 Euro | |
Archaeological site of Philippi | Commemorative 2 euro coin Greece 2017 | |
Asturian Monuments | Santa María del Naranco - Commemorative 2 euro coin Spain 2017 | |
Avila | Commemorative 2 euro coin Spain 2019 | |
Burgos Cathedral | Spanish 2012 commemorative 2 Euro | |
Castel del Monte | Italian 1 Cent | |
City of Luxembourg | Grand Ducal Palace and Berg Palace on Luxemburgian 2007 and 2008 comemorative 2 Euro | |
Cologne Cathedral | Vatican's 2005 comemorative 2 Euro, Germany's 2011 commemorative 2 Euro | |
Cordoba | Spanish 2010 commemorative 2 Euro | |
El Escurial | Spanish 2013 commemorative 2 Euro | |
Granada | Spanish 2011 commemorative 2 Euro | |
Guimarães | Commemorative 2 euro coin Portugal 2012 | |
Hildesheim Cathedral and Church | German 2014 commemorative 2 Euro | |
Lübeck | Holstentor on German 2006 commemorative 2 Euro | |
Madara Rider | If and when Bulgaria ever joins the Euro this has been chosen already for depiction on the Bulgarian Euro coin | |
Maulbronn Monastery | On reverse of Germany's 2 Euro commemorative coin in 2013 representing Baden-Württemberg | |
Megalithic Temples of Malta | Mnjadra on Maltese 1, 2 and 5 Cent; 2 EUR commemorative coin of Malta 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 | |
Mudejar Architecture of Aragon | Commemorative 2 euro coin Spain 2020 | |
Oporto | Commemorative 2 euro coin Torre dos Clerigos - Portugal 2013 | |
Paphos | Commemorative 2 euro coin Cyprus 2017 | |
Potsdam | Sanssouci on scheduled German 2021 commemorative 2 Euro | |
Potsdam | Commemorative 2 euro coin Germany 2020 | |
Riga | Commemorative 2 euro coin Latvia 2014 | |
Rome | Colosseum on Italian 5 Cent | |
San Marino and Mount Titano | Various parts on Sammarinese 1, 2, 5, 10, 50 Cent and 2 Euro | |
Santiago de Compostela | Commemorative 2 euro coin Spain 2018 | |
Santiago de Compostela | The Obradoiro façade of the cathedral, the best known, is depicted on the Spanish euro coins of 1 cent, 2 cents, and 5 cents (€0.01, €0.02, and €0.05). (wiki) | |
Segovia | Commemorative 2 euro coin Spain 2016 | |
Town Hall and Roland, Bremen | German commemorative coin 2010 | |
Trier | Porta Nigra on German 2017 commemorative 2 Euro | |
University of Coimbra | Commemorative 2 euro coin Portugal 2020 | |
Vatican City | 2 EUR portrait of Dante Alighieri in Vatican Palace; San Marco Square on Vatican's 2004 commemorative 2 Euro; St Peter's Basilica Vatican 2016 | |
Venice and its Lagoon | Commemorative 2 euro coin Italy 2017 | |
Vienna | St. Stephan's Dome, Belveder, Secession on Austrian 10, 20 and 50 Cent | |
Vilnius | Commemorative 2 euro coin Lithuania 2017 | |
Wartburg Castle | German 2020 commemorative 2 Euro | |
Works of Antoni Gaudí | Spanish 2014 commemorative 2 Euro |
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