Description : The Treaty establishing the European Community, called
the Treaty of Rome (originally called the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community and renamed the
Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union in December 2009) was signed on 25 March 1957 by Belgium, the
Federal Republic of Germany, France, Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands at the Conservatory Palace in Rome. It came
into force on 1st of January 1958. At the same time two other treaties were concluded, the Treaty establishing
the European Atomic Energy Community, which established EURATOM, and the Agreement on Institutions Common to the European
Communities, which stipulated that the European Economic Community (EEC), the European Atomic Energy Community (EURATOM)
and the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) had a common parliamentary assembly (now the European Parliament), a
common Court of Justice and a common Economic and Social Committee. The coin depicts the Treaty signed by the representatives
of the six founder states, framed by the cobblestones of the Capitol Square in Rome (designed by Michelangelo), which was
the place where the Treaty was signed. The coin is a joint design by the Austrian Mint Münze Österreich AG,
the Spanish Real Casa de la Moneda and the Italian Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato.
National characteristics : At the top are the words "RIMSKA POGODBA" (Treaty of Rome) and "50 LET" (50 years),
below it is an illustration of the treaty with the words "EVROPA" (Europe), below that is the year "2007" and the country name
"SLOVENIJA" (Slovenia). The coin was minted without mint mark by the Finnish mint Suomen Rahapaja OY in Vantaa. |
