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⇑ 2004 ⇑
2005
Image	Country		Feature	Ref.
		Luxembourg	50th birthday of Grand Duke Henri, 5th anniversary of his accession to the throne and 100th anniversary of the death of Grand Duke Adolphe 2nd coin of the Grand-Ducal Dynasty series	20001
	Technical Details : Volume : 2,769,000 Date of Issue : 15 Feb. 2005 Designer : Luxembourg Central Bank (Banque Centrale du Luxembourg - BCL) Engraver : Yvette Gastauer‐Claire ("gc") Producer : Finnish mint Suomen Rahapaja OY in Vantaa (Mintmark = a horn of plenty with roundels)

		Austria	50th anniversary of the Austrian State Treaty	20001
	Technical Details : Volume : 7,000,000 Date of Issue : 11 May 2005 Designer : Helmut Andexlinger Producer : Austrian mint Münze Österreich AG in Vienna (without Mintmark)

		Belgium	Belgian‐Luxembourg Economic Union	20001
	Technical Details : Volume : 6,023,000 Date of Issue : 20 May 2005 Designer : Luc Luycx ("LL") Mintmaster : Romain Coenen (Mintmark = Scales) Producer : Belgian mint Monnaie Royale de Belgique / Koninklijke Munt van België / Königliche Belgische Münzprägeanstalt in Brussels (Mintmark = Helmeted head of the archangel Michael)

		Spain	4th Centenary of the first edition of Miguel de Cervantes' El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha	20001
	Technical Details : Volume : 8,000,000 Date of Issue : 30 Jun. 2005 Designer : Begoña Castellanos García Producer : Spanish mint Real Casa de la Moneda in Madrid (Mintmark = "M" adorned with a crown)

		San Marino	World Year of Physics 2005	20001
	Technical Details : Volume : 130,000 Date of Issue : 14 Oct. 2005 Designer : Luciana De Simoni ("LDS") Producer : Italian mint Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato in Rome (Mintmark = "R")

		Finland	60th anniversary of the establishment of the United Nations and 50th anniversary of Finland's UN membership	20001
	Technical Details : Volume : 2,000,000 Date of Issue : 25 Oct. 2005 Designer : Taipo Kettunen ("K") Mintmaster : Raimo Tapio Makkonen (Mintmark = "M")> Producer : Finnish mint Suomen Rahapaja OY in Vantaa (without Mintmark) Edge lettering : Instead of the standard Finnish edge lettering, this commemorative coin uses "YK 1945‐2005 FN" followed by three lion heads (the lion is the heraldic animal of Finland) as the edge lettering. "YK" and "FN" are the acronyms for "United Nations" in Finnish and Swedish.

		Italy	1st anniversary of the signing of the European Constitution	20001
	Technical Details : Volume : 18,000,000 Date of Issue : 29 Oct. 2005 Designer : Maria Carmela Colaneri ("M.C.C.") Producer : Italian mint Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato in Rome (Mintmark = "R")

		Vatican City	20th World Youth Day, held in Cologne in August 2005	20001
	Technical Details : Volume : 100,000 Date of Issue : 06 Dec. 2005 Designer : Daniela Longo ("LONGO") Engraver : Ettore Lorenzo Frapiccini ("E.L.F.INC." ‐ INC. = Incisore / Engraver) Producer : Italian mint Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato in Rome (Mintmark = "R")

⇓ 2006 ⇓

References :
20001	Images taken with authorisation by the ECB ‐ Mail dated 20.Feb.2020 © "European Central Bank"	20002	Not Applicable
20003	Not Applicable	20004	Not Applicable