10 years of the Euro Design Competition

The European Commission has launched a "10 years of the Euro Design Competition" that will be circulate among all 17 euro-area Member States. aimed to celebrate the 10 years of the euro. The competition open to all eurozone citizens to design a commemorate €2 coin to be issued in all 17 eurozone member states to mark the tenth anniversary of the introduction of the single Euro currency. In January 2012 it will be 10 years since euro banknotes and coins were introduced and the euro became a physical reality for citizens. To celebrate this, all 17 euro-area Member States have decided to issue a commemorative 2-euro coin intended for circulation with a common design on the national side.

If you are a citizen of an EU Member State whose currency is the euro and you are or will be at least 12 years old by the end of 2011, you can submit your design proposal via this website between 29 April and 20 May (for more information go to Submit your design).

People who are citizens of, or who live in, an EU Member State whose currency is the euro will be able to vote for the winner from a selection of entries chosen by a professional jury.

If your design proposal wins, you will see the design you created, and your initials, on millions of euro coins that will circulate in all euro-area Member States from next year. In addition, you will be awarded a high-value collector's set of euro coins.

Source: Competition Website.

Congratulations to eurozone citizens for almost 10 years of a single currency. If you read the history of euro, its not easy to start a single currency among many nations but they make it happen. It will be an honor if your design win because over 330 millions people in 17 euro countries will be using that coin. Good luck to everyone who want to participate in this competition.