The following table gives an overview of the technical features of the euro coins, including information on diameter, thickness, weight, form, colour and rim design. euro;2: outer ring - cupronickel; inner section (three layers) - nickel-brass, nickel, nickel-brass (slightly magnetic) euro;: outer ring - nickel-nickel, inner section (three layers) - cupronickel, nickel, cupronickel (slightly magnetic) The symbol that is often taken for a "4" is actually two overlapping "Ls".

Each of the 16 countries within the Euro Zone use 8 different denominations; 1 cent, 2 cent, 5 cent, 10 cent, 20 cent, 50 cent, 1 euro and 2 euro. The Vatican has issued 3 series of standard circulation coins. Monaco and Finland have issued 2 series of standard circulation coins. After the issue of the Treaty of Rome 50th Anniversary commemorative 2 Euro coin is issued, there will be 39 commemorative coins in circulation.

The websites of the European Central Bank (ECB) contain specific pages introducing euro banknotes and coins. They also provide answers to the most frequently asked questions on banknotes and coins.

was the case for the DM coins, the German euro coins are minted at the five German mints. The coins' place of manufacture is shown by the mintmark (Berlin A, Munich D, Stuttgart F, Karlsruhe G and Hamburg J). The total mint volume is distributed among the mints in accordance with a standard quota key. Otherwise, where the coins come from can be seen from the national motif on their reverse side; Germany is the only country using more than one mint. There are exceptions, however.

Several countries within the Eurozone use mintmarks and privy marks to identify the mint origin of the coin. Mintmarks take the form of either letters abbreviating the country's mint or mints or symbols which symbolize the country's mint. The following countries use mintmarks: These are the symbols which identify the mint's director. These marks can be symbols or letters.

Why can't I choose the "Classified Ad" format from the order a la carte page? Could you please give me directions on how to buy a "Classified Ad?"

Here are the specifications for the original Minidisc, its Hi-MD formatted version, the Hi-MD 1GB disk, and (for comparison) Sony's 650MB "MD-View" disk that was used in their Minidisc camcorder.

In the mid-1990s a decision was taken at the European level to draw the dividing line between coins and banknotes at €2 as there seemed to be no reason for minting coins of a higher denomination. The main justification for this decision was that no European country had coins of a face value equivalent to €5 in circulation.

The total or partial reproduction of banknotes denominated in euros is authorised in the following cases: one-sided reproductions, provided that the size of the reproduction is at least 125% of both the length and width or at most 75% of both the length and the width of the respective euro banknote, as specified in Article 1 of European Central Bank Decision ECB/2003/4 of 20 March 2003; two-sided reproductions, provided that the size of the reproduction is at least 200% of both the length and wi.

Almost every page you'll see on this site is built in XHTML 1. There's some client-side JavaScript here and there, and all the server-side programming is taken care of by scripts written in PHP with MySQL providing database capabilities, via the PEAR::DB database abstraction layer. Almost every line of code has been hand-coded by yours truly, and the majority of the scripts have been written completely from scratch without third party utilities.

Our goals are playback quality and compatability, and therefore we have chosen the MP4 file format and the h.264 codec. Videos are encoded from the highest quality source available and are compressed for easy playback on the widest array of devices, from your computer to iPods, many cell phones, and other portable devices. These video specs are subject to change.

The specification is provided by International Standardisation IEC ; you can buy it on the IEC web site : www.iec.ch/webstore This document is freely available to all EURIDIS Association members. If you become a new member, EURIDIS Association will give you not only the specifications but also a technical help in your projects, in particular for the conformance testing process, added to a promotion of your EURIDIS products.

Why can't I use pre-printed labels on CDs/DVDs? It's very time consuming to have to write my name and email address on each one.

HELIOS was developed using the popular and reliable Microsoft .NET platform (version 1.1). It is designed to run on the Microsoft Windows Server 2000 operating system, with the database utilizing Microsoft SQL Server 2000. To access it, users will need PCs running at least Windows 95 or 98 and an Internet Explorer browser version 5.0 or higher. Organizations opting to use HELIOS offline only need a standard PC running at least Windows 95 or 98.

Ans There are five contents in Technical Settings: Data Class, Size Category, Buffering Permission, Buffering Type and Logging.

From looking at the charts/longer term moving averages the Euro looks to be in the driving seat, however, we're big believers in tying the chart situation up with fundamentals and in the case of the Euro this is the driving force. When I refer to it not being for yield reasons I refer to various Muppets at certain financial news stations who constantly simplify this appreciation without understanding the real driving forces behind such a move.

The Bank of Finland's euro guide from 2001 (in Finnish and Swedish) continues to be available. It includes descriptions of the national sides of euro coins for the 12 euro area countries and the security features of euro banknotes. The brochure is enclosed in PDF format. Printed Finnish and Swedish versions can be ordered from the Bank of Finland. The European Central Bank's A1-sized posters printed in 2001 can also be ordered from the Bank of Finland.

All euro banknotes and coins, including commemorative coins, are legal tender in Finland. The Bank of Finland, as the issuer of legal tender, has traditionally taken the view that all means of payment with legal tender status must be accepted. This applies in particular to state-licensed businesses, such as pharmacies and public transport carriers. However, the choice of which means of payment to accept comes within the sphere of freedom of contract.

For further information on the initial supply of coins and the subsequent minting volumes in each of the participating states, please contact the monetary authorities concerned. You can find further details on the minting statistics in Germany under Publications.