Eurozone member states have longstanding national practices of minting silver and gold commemorative coins.

This means that one is free to accept these coins as payment only in the country of issue, or to settle debt there, and even then only under specific circumstances.

In Germany, silver €10 commemoratives are available at banks and some retailers at face value, but the coins do not generally circulate.

It is uncertain whether the EU Council of Ministers will grant the coins legal tender status outside national boundaries, as San Marino, Monaco and Vatican City also issue these kinds of coins.

However, since 2003 a special bimetal coin, €25 face value, has been minted using silver and colored niobium, giving this set of coins a unique characteristic, since they have different color variations every year.

With the exception of the 2004 Vienna Philharmonic coin and the recently introduced 2008 silver €1.25 Vienna Philharmonic, there is no variation in the number of issues when sorted by face value, from €5 to €100 there is a similar number of issues every year.

A unique piece in the Austrian collection is the Vienna Philharmonic coin.

It is used as an investment product (bullion coin), although it finishes almost always in hands of collectors.

It was revealed on the occasion of the 2008 European Championship of Football in Austria and Switzerland.

500 years ago in Trient, Kaiser Maximilian I crowned himself Emperor and a propaganda coin was issued by the mint in Hall.

Finland joined the eurozone in 2002, and they continued their tradition of minting collectors' coins.

As a result, the Finnish gold coins hold very high market value because they are fairly difficult to find.

Greece minted a high number of collectors' coins in 2003 and 2004, in both gold and silver, as part of the celebration of the 2004 Athens Olympic Games.

In addition, Melita bullion coins struck in gold with denominations of €25, €50 and €100 have been issued since 30 November 2018.

The Netherlands joined the eurozone in 2002, and it continued its tradition of minting collectors' coins.

Slovakia joined the eurozone on 1 January 2009 and had two varieties of commemorative coins scheduled to be minted that year.

[5] The coins were intended to be made of silver, with face values of 10 and 20 euros.

Although they did not mint any collectors' coin in 2007, in such a short time they already built a small collection, with face values ranging from €3 to €100.