| Euro
Coin Packs to go on sale from mid-December
Mr. Charlie
McCreevy TD, Minister for Finance, today announced that starter
packs of euro coins will go on sale to the public from mid-December
next. The packs will be sold at face value, £5 (€6.35), and will
contain at least one of each of the eight euro coin denominations:
the balance will be made up mainly with the larger-value coins.
The packs will be on sale mainly through
post offices. Limited supplies will also be available at individual
banks and where feasible, at credit unions for members. The packs
will go on sale on Friday 14 December 2001. The coins will not, of
course, be legal tender until 1 January 2002 and should not be used
before that date.
"These starter packs will help people
to familiarise themselves with the euro coins before they go into
circulation on 1 January 2002", the Minister said. "They
should also help to facilitate the changeover from that date. So I
would urge people who buy the starter packs to bring them out into
use when they go shopping in the early days of January 2002".
End.
On 1 January 2002 (€-day), euro notes and
coins will be introduced into circulation. Irish notes and coins
will remain legal tender until midnight on Saturday 9 February 2002
(subject to Oireachtas approval).
| Denomination |
No. Of Coins |
Value (€) |
| Euro 2 |
1 |
2 |
| Euro 1 |
2 |
2 |
| Cent 50 |
2 |
1 |
| Cent 20 |
4 |
0.80 |
| Cent 10 |
4 |
0.40 |
| Cent 5 |
2 |
0.10 |
| Cent 2 |
1 |
0.02 |
| Cent 1 |
3 |
0.03 |
| Total |
19 |
6.35 |
|
