Euro starter kits
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Euro starter kits are packs of euro coins of all the eight denominations sealed in a plastic bag. The scope of these kits is primarily to familiarise the citizens of that nation that is going to join the eurozone with the new currency, the euro. Another objective is to fill up cash registers well in advance of €-day. Usually these kits are available from the local banks some weeks before the euro changeover.
Mainly there are two types of starter packs; business starter kits and kits for the general public. The difference is in the amount of the coins per pack. Business kits are intended for retailers, thereby they contain around 100 euros or more of coins and are normally contained in rolls, whereas, the mini-starter kits are intended for the general public and usually these kits have a small volume of coins.[1][2]
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[edit] Austria
The Austrian euro starter kits were out on the 15th December, 2001. The general public kit was sold for €14.54 (200,07 ATS, however, rounded to 200 ATS), whereas, the business starter kit were available much earlier, on 1st September, 2001 and each of these kit contained €145 in Austrian euro coins. The quantity of the public and business starter kits produced was 6,000,000 and 750,000 kits, respectively.
[edit] Belgium
[edit] Cyprus
Cyprus together with Malta joined the eurozone on 1 January 2008. On 3 December 2007, the Central Bank of Cyprus issued mini-starter packs and business kits, so the Cypriots would have enough euro cash before €-Day.[3][4] For mintage quantities look at the table below;
| Starter Kit | €2.00 | €1.00 | €0.50 | €0.20 | €0.10 | €0.05 | €0.02 | € 0.01 | Face Value | Issue Date | Quantity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business Starter Kit | €172,00 | 03.12.2007 | |||||||||
| Public mini-Starter Kit | 3 coins | 5 coins | 7 coins | 8 coins | 5 coins | 6 coins | 6 coins | 7 coins | €17,09 | 03.12.2007 | 250.000 |
[edit] Finland
[edit] France
France was not just one of the founders of the European Union but also was one of the first countries to adopt the euro. The French euro starter packs were available for the public on 14 December 2001. The nominal price of these packs was of 100 French Francs equivalent to €15.25. The kits contain coins from the years 1999, 2000 and 2001.[5]
| Starter Kit | €2.00 | €1.00 | €0.50 | €0.20 | €0.10 | €0.05 | €0.02 | € 0.01 | Face Value | Issue Date | Quantity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Public mini-Starter Kit | 4 coins | 3 coins | 4 coins | 7 coins | 4 coins | 5 coins | 7 coins | 6 coins | €15.25 | 14.12.2001 | 53,000,000 |
[edit] Germany
In Germany, each starter kit contained 20 coins for the total of €10.23, equivalent to 20,01 DEM. They were released for the public on the 17th of December, 2001. There are five different kinds of kits, one for each mint (A, D, F, G and J). The following are the mintage quantities per mint;
- A : 12.100.000 Kits
- D : 11.600.000 Kits
- F : 12.100.000 Kits
- G : 8.100.000 Kits
- J : 9.600.000 Kits
[edit] Greece
[edit] Ireland
[edit] Italy
Italy issued 30,000,000 starter kits, each starter kit had a face value of 12,91€ equivalent to 25,000 Italian Lira. There are two variations of these packs, one has text print on the bag, whereas, the other does not.
[edit] Luxembourg
[edit] Malta
The first Maltese euro coins were available for the public on 1 December 2007, as business starter packs worth €131 each started being available for small businesses to fill up their cash registers with sufficient amount of euro coins before the €-day. Mini-kits each worth €11.65 were available for the general public on 10 December 2007. Malta issued 33,000 business starter kits and 330,000 starter kits for the general public.[6][7]
| Starter Kit | €2.00 | €1.00 | €0.50 | €0.20 | €0.10 | €0.05 | €0.02 | € 0.01 | Face Value | Issue Date | Quantity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business Starter Kit | 1 roll (25 coins) |
1 roll (25 coins) |
1 roll (40 coins) |
2 rolls (80 coins) |
3 rolls (120 coins) |
2 rolls (100 coins) |
2 rolls (100 coins) |
2 rolls (100 coins) |
€131.00 | 01.12.2007 | 33,000 |
| Public mini-Starter Kit | 2 coins | 3 coins | 5 coins | 6 coins | 6 coins | 5 coins | 3 coins | 4 coins | €11.65 | 10.12.2007 | 330,000 |
[edit] Monaco
Monaco in spite of not being a member of the European Union in 1999 it also adopted the euro. This is mainly because Monaco never had its own currency and was using the French one. in view of the fact that France switched to the euro Monaco had no option but to follow the suit. The European Union has a special agreement with Monaco that allows this country to mint a limited number of euro coins. Late in 2001, Monaco issued 51,200 starter kits for the nominal price of €15,25 each, however, today their price on commercial websites is more than €600.[8]
[edit] Netherlands
The Netherlands issued 2 different starter kits, one in bag, intended to educate its citizens about the euro, whereas the other kit was issue as a folder, projected mostly for the collectors. The former was distributed to the citziens of the Netherlands for free.
[edit] Portugal
One million starter kits containing the Portuguese euro coins were available on the 17th of December, 2001. Each kit was sold for 2005 PTE (equivalent to 10€). On the 1st of September, business kits worth 250€ of euro coins were available.
[edit] San Marino
San Marino in 2002 was among those non-EU nations that joined the euro. Out of all the countries that switched to the euro, San Marino was the only country not to issue a euro starter kit.
[edit] Slovakia
Slovakia is expected to join the eurozone on 1 January 2009. Thus, later on this year, most probably in December 2008, it will issue euro starter packs.
[edit] Slovenia
Slovenia was the first in line country to join the eurozone out of the 10 new member states that joined the European Union in 2004. Since 1 December 2006, professional cash handlers were the first to get hands on the Slovenian euro coins as special starter packs were available for cash handlers.[9] Fifteen days later, on 15 December, the general public could buy euro starter kits; 450,000 of these kits were produced, each kit contained 44 coins amounting to €12.52 (3,000 Tolars).[10]
| Starter Kit | €2.00 | €1.00 | €0.50 | €0.20 | €0.10 | €0.05 | €0.02 | € 0.01 | Face Value | Issue Date | Quantity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Professional Cash Handlers Starter Kit | 1 roll (25 coins) | 3 rolls (75 coins) | 2 rolls (80 coins) | 2 rolls (80 coins) | 3 rolls (120 coins) | 2 rolls (100 coins) | 2 rolls (100 coins) | 2 rolls (100 coins) | €201.00 | 01.12.2006 | 45,000 |
| Public mini-Starter Kit | 2 coins | 4 coins | 4 coins | 7 coins | 6 coins | 6 coins | 7 coins | 8 coins | €12.52 | 15.12.2006 | 450,000 |
[edit] Spain
Spain was one of the first countries to join the eurozone. The Spanish starter kits or “Monedero Euro” had a face value of €12,02 equivalent to 1999.96 pesetas, however, they were sold for 2000 pesetas. These kits were released on 15 December 2001. Some months before, on 1 September 2001, special starter kits for the merchants were issued. The latter had a face value of €30,41 (5060 pesetas).
| Starter Kit | €2.00 | €1.00 | €0.50 | €0.20 | €0.10 | €0.05 | €0.02 | € 0.01 | Face Value | Issue Date | Quantity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business Starter Kit | €30.41 | 01.09.2001 | |||||||||
| Public mini-Starter Kit | 2 coins | 2 coins | 7 coins | 7 coins | 6 coins | 6 coins | 9 coins | 4 coins | €12.02 | 15.12.2001 | 23,000,000 |
[edit] Vatican
The smallest independent nation in the world, the Vatican, in 2001 issued 1,000 starter kits in preparation for the euro changeover, the coins depict John Paul II. This consisted of eight coins, one coin of each denomination (€0,01 - €2,00), thereby, having a face value of €3,88. Although these packs were available for free, nowadays, their price on commercial websites is far from free. With 1,000 issues only, this is the rarest stater kit.[12]
| Starter Kit | €2.00 | €1.00 | €0.50 | €0.20 | €0.10 | €0.05 | €0.02 | € 0.01 | Face Value | Issue Date | Quantity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vatican Starter Kit | 1 coin |
1 coin |
1 coin |
1 coin |
1 coin |
1 coin |
1 coin |
1 coin |
€3,88 | unknown.2001 | 1,000 |
[edit] Summary
General Public mini-Starter Kits
| Country | Coins | 2€ | 1€ | 50 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | Face Value | Quantity | |
| Belgium | 29 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 12,40 € | 500 BEF | 5.300.000 |
| Germany | 20 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10,23 € | 20 DEM | 53.542.150 |
| Finland | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3,88 € | 23 FIM | 500.000 |
| France | 40 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 15,25 € | 100 FRF | 53.000.000 |
| Greece | 45 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 14,67 € | 5000 GRD | 3.000.000 |
| Ireland | 19 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6,35 € | 5 IEP | 750.000 |
| Italy | 53 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 12,91 € | 25000 ITL | 30.000.000 |
| Luxembourg | 29 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 12,40 € | 500 LUF | 700.000 |
| Malta | 34 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 11,65 € | 5 MTL | 330.000 |
| Monaco | 40 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 15,25 € | 100 FRF | 51.200 |
| Netherlands | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3,88 € | Free | 16.000.000 |
| Netherlands | 32 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 11,35 € | 25 NLG | 8.800.000 |
| Austria | 33 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14,54 € | 200 ATS | 6.000.000 |
| Portugal | 34 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 10,00 € | 2005 PTE | 1.000.000 |
| Slovenia | 44 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 12,52 € | 3000 SIT | 450.000 |
| Spain | 43 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 12,02 € | 2000 ESP | 23.000.000 |
| Cyprus | 47 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 17,09 € | 10 CYP | 250.000 |
| Vatican | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3,88 € | Free | 1.000 |
Business Starter Kits
| Country | Rolls | 2€ | 1€ | 50 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | Face Value | Quantity | |
| Cyprus | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | 172 € | 100,67 CYP | ? |
| Malta | 14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 131 € | 56,24 MTL | 33,000 |
| Portugal | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | 250 € | ? PTE | ? |
| Slovenia | 17 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 201 € | 48.167 SIT | 45.000 |
| Spain | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | 30.41 € | 5,060 ESP | ? |
[edit] See also
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[edit] External links
[edit] References
- ^ http://jore.neuf.fr/starter%20kit.html
- ^ Euro Starterkits
- ^ http://www.centralbank.gov.cy/media/pdf/NPANE_IB14201207.pdf
- ^ ECB: Cyprus
- ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/1710529.stm
- ^ http://www.euro.gov.mt/
- ^ ECB: Malta
- ^ http://euromuenzen.com/starterkits/
- ^ Euro
- ^ ECB: Slovenia
- ^ Trgovska podjetja [Uvedba evra]
- ^ Shop - Homepage
