Euro starter kits

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Euro starter kits are packs of euro coins of all the eight denominations sealed in a plastic sachet. The kits' purpose is primarily to familiarise citizens of a nation joining the eurozone with their new currency. A further objective is to provide coins for retailers' cash registers well in advance of their respective €-Day. Usually these kits are available from local banks some weeks before euro changeover.

Contents

Mainly there are two types of starter packs: business starter kits and those for the general public. The difference lies in the number of coins per pack. Business kits are intended for retailers. Therefore, they contain approximately 100 euro or more in coins, usually packed in rolls, whereas mini-starter kits are intended for the general public and usually have a small number of coins. [1] [2] [3]

Andorra

The Andorran government put in place a system of distribution of the starter kits so that the country's residents would gain priority over non-resident buyers.

Austria

The Austrian euro starter kits were released on 15 December 2001. The general public kit was sold for €14.54 (200.07 ATS, however, rounded to 200 ATS), whereas the business starter kits were available much earlier, on 1 September 2001, and each kit contained €145.50 in Austrian euro coins. The quantity of the public and business starter kits produced was 6,000,000 and 750,000 kits, respectively.

Starter Kit€.2.00€1.00€0.50€0.20€0.10€0.05€0.02€0.01Face ValueIssue DateQuantity
Public Starter Kit4 coins4 coins2 coins3 coins6 coins4 coins4 coins6 coins€14.5415.12.20016,000,000
Business Starter Kit1 roll (25 coins)2 rolls (50 coins)1 roll (40 coins)1 roll (40 coins)3 rolls (120 coins)1 roll (50 coins)2 rolls (100 coins)2 rolls (100 coins)€145.5001.09.2001?
The Austrian Business Starter Kit A Euro starter kits business 2002 OeNB Startpaket Handel.JPG
The Austrian Business Starter Kit

Belgium

The Belgian starter kits were worth €12.40, equivalent to about 500.214 BEF, rounded to 500 BEF.

Belgian Starter Kit Content
Starter Kit€2.00€1.00€0.50€0.20€0.10€0.05€0.02€0.01Face ValueIssue DateQuantity
Public Starter Kit2 coins5 coins4 coins3 coins5 coins4 coins4 coins2 coins€12.4015.12.20015,300,000
The Belgian Business Starter Kit BEBKIT.jpg
The Belgian Business Starter Kit

Croatia

The Croatian euro starter kits were available for purchase from 1 to 31 December 2022. The general public kit contained 33 coins worth €13.28, equivalent to 100.06 HRK, but the purchase price was rounded down to 100 HRK (€13.27). The starter kits were sold in Croatian Post and FINA (Financial Agency) branches, as well as local commercial banks. Customers were allowed to buy a maximum of two kits in one transaction. The business starter kits contained 525 coins worth €145.50, and were available for purchase for 1,096.27 HRK. The quantity of public and business starter kits produced was 1,200,000 and 200,000, respectively.

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The Croatian Public Starter Kit
Croatian Starter Kits Content
Starter Kit€2.00€1.00€0.50€0.20€0.10€0.05€0.02€0.01Face ValueIssue DateQuantity
Public Starter Kit3 coins3 coins5 coins5 coins5 coins3 coins4 coins5 coins€13.2801.12.20221,200,000
Business Starter Kit25 coins50 coins40 coins40 coins120 coins50 coins100 coins100 coins€145.5001.12.2022200,000

Cyprus

Cyprus, together with Malta, joined the eurozone on 1 January 2008. On 3 December 2007, the Central Bank of Cyprus issued mini-starter packs and business kits, so that Cypriots would have enough euro cash before €-Day. [4] [5]

Forty thousand starter kits, worth €172 each, were available for businesses, but only 22,000 were sold. Since these starter kits contained rolled coins, the remaining kits could easily be used by the banks after €-day. Another 250,000 mini-kits, worth €17.09 (10 CYP) each, were available for the general public. Some 189,000 mini-kits were sold. According to the Eurobarometer survey, more than 70% of those citizens who had bought a mini-kit opened it and used the coins after the changeover, while some 20% kept it untouched. After the changeover, the unsold mini-kits were exported to satisfy the demand of coin collectors abroad. Cypriot euro coins worth €3.5 million were exported in the first three weeks of January 2008. [6]

Cypriot Starter Kits Content
Starter Kit€2.00€1.00€0.50€0.20€0.10€0.05€0.02€0.01Face ValueIssue DateQuantity
Business Starter Kit1 roll (25 coins)2 rolls (50 coins)2 rolls (80 coins)2 rolls (80 coins)2 rolls (80 coins)2 rolls (100 coins)2 rolls (100 coins)2 rolls (100 coins)€172.0003.12.200740,000
Public mini-Starter Kit3 coins5 coins7 coins8 coins5 coins6 coins6 coins7 coins€17.0903.12.2007250,000

Estonia

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An Estonian euro starter kit

Estonia joined the eurozone on 1 January 2011. It was the 17th member state of the eurozone. Mini-euro starter kits were issued on 1 December 2010 and it has also issued 2 types of business kits. One business kit contains €111 worth of coins packed in rolls, whereas the other kit contains 15 rolls worth €198. The public starter kit contains €12.79 in coins, worth about 200.12 EEK, while the price was rounded down to 200 EEK.

Estonian Starter Kits Content
Starter Kit€2.00€1.00€0.50€0.20€0.10€0.05€0.02€0.01Face ValueIssue DateQuantity
Public mini-Starter Kit2 coins4 coins5 coins6 coins6 coins6 coins6 coins7 coins€12.7901.12.2010700,000
Business mini-Starter Kit1 roll
(25 coins)		1 roll
(25 coins)		1 roll
(40 coins)		1 roll
(40 coins)		1 roll
(40 coins)		1 roll
(50 coins)		1 roll
(50 coins)		1 roll
(50 coins)		€111.0001.12.2010 ?

Finland

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The Finnish Business Starter Kit

Finland issued public euro starter kit containing 1 coin of each denomination, which equates to €3.88, or about 23.07 FIM, priced at 23 FIM due to Swedish rounding.

Finnish Starter Kits Content
Starter Kit€2.00€1.00€0.50€0.20€0.10€0.05€0.02€0.01Face ValueIssue DateQuantity
Business Starter Kit1 roll
(25 coins)		1 roll
(25 coins)		3 rolls
(120 coins)		2 rolls
(80 coins)		3 rolls
(120 coins)		2 rolls
(100 coins)		–
–
€168.0001.01.2002 ?
Public mini-Starter Kit1 coin1 coin1 coin1 coin1 coin1 coin1 coin1 coin€3.8801.01.2002500,000

France

France was not just one of the founders of the European Union but also was one of the first countries to adopt the euro. The French euro starter packs were made available to the public on 14 December 2001. The kit contains €15.25, worth about 100.03 FRF (truncated to 100 FRF). The kits contained coins from 1999, 2000 and 2001. [7]

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French euro starter kit
French Starter Kits Content
Starter Kit€2.00€1.00€0.50€0.20€0.10€0.05€0.02€0.01Face ValueIssue DateQuantity
Public mini-Starter Kit4 coins3 coins4 coins7 coins4 coins5 coins7 coins6 coins€15.2514.12.200153,000,000

Germany

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The German Starter Kit

In Germany, each starter kit contained 20 coins for a total of €10.23, equivalent to 20.01 DEM, rounded to 20 DEM. They were released to the public on 17 December 2001. There are five different kinds of kits, one for each mint (A, D, F, G and J). The following are the mintage quantities per mint:

Starter Kits€2.00€1.00€0.50€0.20€0.10€0.05€0.02€0.01Face ValueIssue DateQuantity
Public mini-Starter Kit2 coins3 coins4 coins4 coins3 coins2 coins1 coin1 coin€10.2317.12.200153,542,150

Greece

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The Greek Starter Kit

The Greek kit contained coins with a total value of €14.67, or 4,998.8025 GRD, with the price rounded up to 5,000 GRD. More specifically, it contained:

Ireland

Ireland issued 750,000 starter packs on 14 December 2001. Each starter pack contained 19 coins worth €6.35 in total, or a tiny bit over 5 IEP.

It contained:

Italy

Italy issued 30,000,000 starter kits. Each starter kit had a face value of €12.91, equivalent to 24,997.2457 ITL, rounded to 25,000 ITL. There are two variations of these packs; one has text printed on the bag, whereas the other does not.

Italian Starter Kits Content
Starter Kit€2.00€1.00€0.50€0.20€0.10€0.05€0.02€0.01Face ValueIssue DateQuantity
Public mini-Starter Kit2 coins4 coins5 coins5 coins6 coins10 coins10 coins11 coins€12.9115.12.200130,000,000

Latvia

In December 2013 Latvia issued 800,000 starter kits. Each starter kit had a face value of €14.23, equivalent to 10.0009 LVL, with the price rounded to 10 LVL.

Latvian Starter Kits Content
Starter Kit€2.00€1.00€0.50€0.20€0.10€0.05€0.02€0.01Face ValueIssue DateQuantity
Public mini-Starter Kit2 coins4 coins7 coins8 coins7 coins5 coins6 coins6 coins€14.2310.12.2013800,000

Lithuania

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The Lithuanian Starter Kit

In Lithuania, each starter kit contained 23 coins for a total of €11.59, equivalent to 40.02 LTL (rounded to 40 LTL). They were released to the public on 1 December 2014. Lithuania issued 900,000 public mini-starter kits.

Lithuanian Starter Kits Content
Starter Kit€2.00€1.00€0.50€0.20€0.10€0.05€0.02€0.01Face ValueIssue DateQuantity
Public mini-Starter Kit3 coins3 coins3 coins3 coins3 coins2 coins3 coins3 coins€11.5901.12.2014900,000
Business Starter Kit (First variant)1 roll (25 coins)1 roll (25 coins)1 roll (40 coins)1 roll (40 coins)1 roll (40 coins)1 roll (50 coins)1 roll (50 coins)1 roll (50 coins)€111.0001.12.201460,000
Business Starter Kit (Second variant)2 rolls (50 coins)2 rolls (50 coins)1 roll (40 coins)2 rolls (80 coins)2 rolls (80 coins)1 roll (50 coins)2 rolls (100 coins)3 rolls (150 coins)€200.0001.12.201450,000

Luxembourg

Except for different text on the bag and different national sides, Luxembourg's starter sets were the same as the Belgian sets, as Belgium and Luxembourg were already in a pre-existing currency union. Each set also had the equivalent of 500.214 LUF in euro coins, in the same quantities as the Belgian set. (refer to the Belgian set table for info)

Malta

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Maltese Business Starter Kit
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Maltese General Public Starter Kit

The first Maltese euro coins were made available to the public on 1 December 2007, as business starter packs worth €131 each were introduced for small businesses to fill up their cash registers with a sufficient amount of euro coins before €-day. Mini-kits each worth €11.65 (5.001 MTL, rounded down to 5 MTL) were made available to the general public on 10 December 2007. Malta issued 33,000 business starter kits and 330,000 starter kits for the general public. [8] [9] All the 33,000 starter kits for businesses were sold. [6]

Maltese Starter Kits Content
Starter Kit€2.00€1.00€0.50€0.20€0.10€0.05€0.02€0.01Face ValueIssue DateQuantity
Business Starter Kit1 roll
(25 coins)		1 roll
(25 coins)		1 roll
(40 coins)		2 rolls
(80 coins)		3 rolls
(120 coins)		2 rolls
(100 coins)		2 rolls
(100 coins)		2 rolls
(100 coins)		€131.0001.12.200733,000
Public mini-Starter Kit2 coins3 coins5 coins6 coins6 coins5 coins3 coins4 coins€11.6510.12.2007330,000

Monaco

Despite not being a member of the European Union, in 1999 Monaco also adopted the euro. This is mainly because Monaco never had its own currency and was using the French franc. The European Union has a special agreement with Monaco that normates the minting of a limited number of euro coins. Late in 2001, Monaco issued 51,200 starter kits for the nominal price of €15.25 (100 francs) each; however, today their price on commercial websites is more than €600. [2]

Starter Kit€2.00€1.00€0.50€0.20€0.10€0.05€0.02€0.01Face ValueIssue DateQuantity
Public mini-Starter Kit4 coins3 coins4 coins7 coins4 coins5 coins7 coins6 coins€15.25Late 200151,200

Netherlands

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The Dutch Starter Kit

The Netherlands issued two different starter kits, intended to educate its citizens about the euro. One contained one of each coin and was distributed in a card, for free to the citizens of the Netherlands. Packaged, mint condition cards have since become collector items. Additional bags of assorted euro coins could be purchased to familiarise oneself with them. These bags contained €11.35 worth of coins and sold for 25 NLG (in fact worth 25.01 gulden), which was nearly the same as the value of the coins.

Starter Kits€2.00€1.00€0.50€0.20€0.10€0.05€0.02€0.01Face ValueIssue DateQuantity
Public Starter Kit2 coins3 coins5 coins5 coins5 coins5 coins3 coins4 coins€11.35?8,800,000
1 coin1 coin1 coin1 coin1 coin1 coin1 coin1 coin€3.88?16,000,000

Portugal

One million starter kits containing the Portuguese euro coins were made available on 17 December 2001. Each kit was sold for 2,005 PTE (equivalent to about €10). On 1 September 2001 business kits with €250 of euro coins were made available. The business kit included: - 50 coins of €2.00 - 50 coins of €1.00 - 120 coins of €0.50 - 120 coins of €0.20 - 80 coins of €0.10 - 100 coins of €0.05 - 100 coins of €0.02 - 100 coins of €0.01

Starter Kits€2.00€1.00€0.50€0.20€0.10€0.05€0.02€0.01Face ValueIssue DateQuantity
Public Mini-Starter Kit2 coins2 coins4 coins5 coins6 coins5 coins5 coins5 coins€10.0017.12.20011,000,000
Business Starter Kit2 rolls (50 coins)2 rolls (50 coins)3 rolls (120 coins)3 rolls (120 coins)2 rolls (80 coins)2 rolls (100 coins)2 rolls (100 coins)2 rolls (100 coins)€250.0001.09.2001?

San Marino

San Marino in 2002 was among those non-EU nations that joined the euro. Out of all the countries that switched to the euro, San Marino was the only country not to issue a euro starter kit.

Slovakia

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The Slovak Starter Kit

Slovakia joined the eurozone on 1 January 2009. As part of the euro changeover preparation, Slovakia issued 1,200,000 starter packs for the general public on 1 December 2008. Each starter kit contains €16.60 in coins; this is equivalent to 500.09 SKK, but the price was rounded-down to 500 SKK. The starter kits were available for purchase in the Slovak Post branches, local commercial banks and National Bank of Slovakia. [10] Almost 90% of the Slovak starter kits were sold in the first five days. [11]

Slovak Starter Kit Content [10]
Starter Kit€2.00€1.00€0.50€0.20€0.10€0.05€0.02€0.01Face ValueIssue DateQuantity
Slovakia mini-Starter Kit2 coins
6 coins
8 coins
8 coins
6 coins
5 coins
5 coins
5 coins
€16.6001.12.20081,200,000

Slovenia

Slovenia - Professional Cash Handlers Starter Kit SloveniaBkit.jpg
Slovenia – Professional Cash Handlers Starter Kit

Slovenia was the first country to join the eurozone out of the 10 new member states that joined the European Union in 2004. On 1 December 2006, special starter packs of Slovenian euro coins were made available to professional cash handlers. [12] On 15 December 2006 the general public could buy euro starter kits; 450,000 of these kits were produced. Each kit contained 44 coins, amounting to €12.52 (3,000.2928 SIT, rounded to 3,000 SIT). [13]

Slovenian Starter Kits Content [14]
Starter Kit€2.00€1.00€0.50€0.20€0.10€0.05€0.02€0.01Face ValueIssue DateQuantity
Professional Cash Handlers Starter Kit1 roll (25 coins)3 rolls (75 coins)2 rolls (80 coins)2 rolls (80 coins)3 rolls (120 coins)2 rolls (100 coins)2 rolls (100 coins)2 rolls (100 coins)€201.0001.12.200645,000
Public mini-Starter Kit2 coins4 coins4 coins7 coins6 coins6 coins7 coins8 coins€12.5215.12.2006450,000

Spain

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Spain – "Monedero Euro"

Spain was one of the first countries to join the eurozone. The Spanish starter kits or "Monedero Euro" had a face value of €12.02, equivalent to 1,999.959 ESP; however, they were sold for 2,000 ESP. These kits were released on 15 December 2001. On 1 September 2001, special starter kits for merchants were issued. The latter had a face value of €30.41 (5060 pesetas). [15]

Spanish Starter Kits Content
Starter Kit€2.00€1.00€0.50€0.20€0.10€0.05€0.02€0.01Face ValueIssue DateQuantity
Business Starter Kit15 coins2 coins1 coin€30.4101.09.20013,500,000
Public mini-Starter Kit2 coins2 coins7 coins7 coins6 coins6 coins9 coins4 coins€12.0215.12.200123,000,000

Vatican

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Vatican 2008, 2nd Starter Kit

The Vatican City issued 1,000 starter kits on 1 March 2002.[ citation needed ] It was the only nation to issue starter kits well after the eurochangeover, thus, these starter kits became collectible items. Each kit consisted of eight coins, one coin of each denomination (€0.01 – €2.00), thereby having a face value of €3.88. Each coin has a depiction of the now late pope, John Paul II. Although these packs were available for free, nowadays, their price on commercial websites is significant. With only 1,000 issues, this is the rarest starter kit. [16] [ failed verification ]

In 2008 the Vatican City released 6,400 'starter kits'; however, this time the coins featured the now late Benedict XVI. Each kit contains eight coins, again a coin of each denomination, and was given to the inhabitants and employees of the Vatican for free. [17]

Vatican Starter Kit Content
Starter Kit€2.00€1.00€0.50€0.20€0.10€0.05€0.02€0.01Face ValueIssue DateQuantity
Vatican Starter Kit 20021 coin
1 coin
1 coin
1 coin
1 coin
1 coin
1 coin
1 coin
€3.8801.03.20021,000
Vatican Starter Kit 20081 coin
1 coin
1 coin
1 coin
1 coin
1 coin
1 coin
1 coin
€3,88unknown.20086,400

Summary

General Public Mini-Starter Kits

CountryCoins€2€1502010521Face ValueQuantity
Andorra811111111€3.88--
Austria3344236446€14.54200.074 ATS6,000,000
Belgium2925435442€12.40500.214 BEF5,300,000
Croatia3333555345€13.28100.058 HRK1,200,000
Cyprus4735785667€17.0910.002 CYP250,000
Estonia4224566667€12.79200.120 EEK700,000
Finland811111111€3.8823.069 FIM500,000
France4043474576€15.25100.033 FRF53,000,000
Germany2023443211€10.2320.008 DEM53,542,150
Greece4525678665€14.674,998.802 GRD3,000,000
Ireland1912244213€6.355.001 IEP750,000
Italy5324556101011€12.9124,997.245 ITL30,000,000
Latvia4524787566€14.2310.001 LVL800,000
Lithuania2333333233€11.5940.017 LTL900,000
Luxembourg2925435442€12.40500.214 LUF700,000
Malta3423566534€11.655.001 MTL330,000
Monaco4043474576€15.25100.033 FRF51,200
Netherlands811111111€3.888.550 NLG16,000,000
Netherlands3223555534€11.3525.012 NLG8,800,000
Portugal3422456555€10.002,004.820 PTE1,000,000
Slovakia4526886555€16.60500.092 SKK1,200,000
Slovenia4424476678€12.523,000.293 SIT450,000
Spain4322776694€12.021,999.959 ESP23,000,000
Vatican 2002811111111€3.887,512.727 ITL1,000
Vatican 2008811111111€3.887,512.727 ITL6,400

Business Starter Kits

CountryRolls€2€1502010521Face ValueQuantity
Croatia---------€145.501,096.269 HRK200,000
Cyprus1512222222€172100.667 CYP40,000
Finland12113232--€168998.883 FIM ?
Malta1411123222€13156.238 MTL33,000
Portugal1822332222€25050,120.5 PTE ?
Slovenia1713223222€20148,167.64 SIT45,000
Spain1815--2---1€30.415,059.798 ESP3,500,000
Lithuania811111111€111.00383.261 LTL60,000
Lithuania1522122123€200.00690.56 LTL50,000

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">100 euro note</span> Euro banknote

The one hundred euro note (€100) is one of the higher value euro banknotes and has been used since the introduction of the euro in 2002. The note is used daily by some 343 million Europeans and in the 25 countries which have it as their sole currency. In July 2023, there were approximately 3,942,000,000 hundred euro banknotes in circulation in the eurozone. It is the third most widely circulated denomination, accounting for 13.3% of the total banknotes.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">200 euro note</span> Euro banknote

The two hundred euro note (€200) is the second highest value euro banknote and has been used since the introduction of the euro in 2002. The note is used in the 25 countries that have the euro as their sole currency ; with a population of about 343 million. In July 2023, there were about 849,000,000 €200 banknotes in circulation around the eurozone. It is the second least widely circulated denomination, accounting for 2.9% of the total banknotes.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">500 euro note</span> Banknote of the European Union

The five-hundred-euro note (€500) is the highest-value euro banknote and was produced between the introduction of the euro in 2002 until 2019. Since 27 April 2019, the banknote has no longer been issued by central banks in the euro area, but continues to be legal tender and can be used as a means of payment. It is one of the highest-value circulating banknotes in the world, worth around 537 USD; 3,902 CNY; 79,165 JPY; 430 GBP, or 479 CHF as of September 2023. The note is used in the 25 countries which have the euro as their sole currency, with a population of about 343 million.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Croatia and the euro</span>

Croatia adopted the euro as its currency on 1 January 2023, becoming the 20th member state of the eurozone. A fixed conversion rate was set at 1 € = 7.5345 kn.

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