2 cent euro coins are made of a steel core plated with copper. They have a diameter of 18.75 mm, a 1.67 mm thickness and a mass of 3.06 grams. They incorporate a distinctive groove running circumferentially around the edge of the coin; this groove can be felt easily by running the finger tip or a fingernail across the edge of the coin. All coins have a common reverse side and country-specific national sides. The Eurozone (also called Euro Area, Eurosystem or Euroland) is the subset of European Union member states which have adopted the euro, creating a currency union. ... A microstate is a sovereign state having a very small population or very little land area - usually both. ... 1 cent euro coins are made of a steel core plated with copper. ... 10 cent euro coins are made of copper alloy (Nordic gold). ... 20 cent euro coins are made of copper alloy (Nordic gold). ... 1 euro coins are made of two alloys: the inner part of cupronickel, the outer part of nickel brass. ... The reverse side of all €2 coins. ... The euro (EUR or €) is the currency of 12 European Union (EU) member states (Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, and Spain), four European microstates that had currency agreements with EU member states (Andorra, Monaco, San Marino and the Vatican City State), and two parts... The old steel cable of a colliery winding tower Steel is a metal alloy whose major component is iron, with carbon being the primary alloying material. ... General Name, Symbol, Number copper, Cu, 29 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 11, 4, d Appearance metallic brown Atomic mass 63. ...

Common side of all 2 cent euro coins Image of euro coinage. ...

Macro shot of the 2c, 10c and 20c coins, showing their unique edges. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1728x1165, 1152 KB) Beschreibung Description: Macro shot of European 2c, 10c and 20c coins to show the variing edges (from left to right). ...

Current national sides

Belgium Image of euro coinage. ...	Spain Image of euro coinage. ...	Finland Image of euro coinage. ...	France Image of euro coinage. ...
Germany Image of euro coinage. ...	Greece Image of euro coinage. ...	Ireland Image of euro coinage. ...	Italy Image of euro coinage. ...
Luxembourg Image of euro coinage. ...	Monaco 0,02€ monegasque coin File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...	Netherlands Image of euro coinage. ...	Austria Image of euro coinage. ...
Portugal Image of euro coinage. ...	San Marino 0,02€ Sammarinese coin File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...	Vatican 0,02€ Vatican coin File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...

Future national sides

Estonia 2 Estonian euro cent The image above depicts a unit of currency issued by the European Central Bank (ECB). ...	Latvia	Lithuania	Slovakia Image File history File links 2centslovak. ...
Slovenia

External links

• National sides of 2 cent euro coins. European Central Bank. Retrieved on 2006-07-28.