Croatian Euro Pattern Coins
Fantasy Only - Yet!
Croatia Euro Pattern Coins
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Croatia & The Euro
We believe that Croatia will eventually join the Euro, probably in 2004, along with about a dozen other countries. It is not known whether any official plans have been made to produce pattern designs for a set of Croatian euro coins.
Political Considerations
Part of the Holy Roman Empire and Austrian Empire until 1918, when the Slovenes joined the Serbs and Croats to form Yugoslavia as it was renamed in 1929. Croatia declared its independence from Yugoslavia in 1991, but it took four years of sporadicand bitter fighting before occupying Serb armies were mostly cleared from Croatian lands. Under UN supervision the last Serb-held enclave in eastern Slavonia was returned to Croatia in 1998. Joining the EU may hopefully bring long lasting peace to this area.
Unofficial Patterns
On a number of previous occasions, especially before major coinage changes, pattern coins have been produced as a design exercise or to test public opinion. Many of these have been privately produced. A privately produced pattern set of British euro coins has already been produced, and met with intense demand, despite almost negligible marketing. Original priced at around �40, these have changed hands for over �250 on e-bay.
We have not yet seen any suggested designs for Croatian euro coins, but...
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Availability & Prices:
Croatian euro sets
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Postage & Packing, Per Shipment:
- UK: At buyer's Risk �3.50 or
Fully Insured �9 (Usually by Royal Mail Special Delivery)
- USA: Airmail at buyer's risk $10 or
Fully Insured (Usually via Fedex or Datapost) $40
For further details, please see our Postage & Packing page.
Order Forms:
Britische EuroM�nzen
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