Which country's €2 coin has the best edge lettering?

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Which country's €2 coin has the best edge lettering?

EINIGKEIT UND RECHT UND FREIHEIT
21
34%
HELLENIC REPUBLIC (look, it wouldn't accept Greek, ok!)
8
13%
GOD ZIJ MET ONS
12
19%
SUOMI FINLAND
13
21%
One of the other boring countries, which just have a mix of '2' and '*' (& 'EURO' as well, in one case)
8
13%
 
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I have voted for "SUOMI FINLAND" because I like the type of letters.
it is a bit like THIS
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Which are the states that have got "words"on the edge of the 2€ coins :?: Are they just 4 - with those words on the edge - like in the poll or more :?: Correct me if I am wrong : the first is :flag-de: ,the second :flag-gr: ,the third I don't know and the fourth :flag-fi: :!: Can u tell me :?:
Which is the one that has EURO on the edge :?:
:flag-si: has got the name of the country on the edge :arrow: it's 07
I like the :idea: of writing on the edge of the 2 €
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5 countries have words: :flag-de: :flag-gr: :flag-nl: :flag-fi: :flag-si:
or 6 with :flag-at:, which has the word EURO
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What about the castles in the porugues one! I think that it together with the finnish are those I like more!
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I voted 4 :flag-de: It's good that at least one member state has that on the 2€ edge : EINIGKEIT UND RECHT UND FREIHEIT (unity, justice and freedom) :!: I also like the :flag-gr: ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗ ΔΗΜΟΚΡΑΤΙΑ * (Hellenic Republic) and :flag-fi: with the name of the country in finnish and english : SUOMI FINLAND ***, where the * represents a lion's head and :flag-si: with SLOVENIJA
I don't like the :flag-nl: GOD * ZIJ * MET * ONS * (God be with us) but it's anyway good
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Re: Which country's €2 coin has the best edge lettering?

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matt.berlin wrote:My vote goes for the Greek as it is totally illegible ...
My vote goes for the Greek too, but it is legible for me and I like to read Greek ;)
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starcapitan wrote:I voted 4 :flag-de: It's good that at least one member state has that on the 2€ edge : EINIGKEIT UND RECHT UND FREIHEIT (unity, justice and freedom) :!: I also like the :flag-gr: ???????? ?????????? * (Hellenic Republic) and :flag-fi: with the name of the country in finnish and english : SUOMI FINLAND ***, where the * represents a lion's head and :flag-si: with SLOVENIJA
I don't like the :flag-nl: GOD * ZIJ * MET * ONS * (God be with us) but it's anyway good
ciao,andrea
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Just FYI, the German words are the beginning words of the German national hymn.

And in the Finnish coins the text is not in Finnish and English, but of course in the two official languages of Finland: Finnish and Swedish.
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There is one more : :flag-pt: : edge lettering of the €2 coin: five coats of arms and seven castles, all equally spaced.

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the maltese coins with the maltese cross i think they will be pretty nice
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Post by tabbs »

While I basically find edge lettering on coins interesting, I don't really like the way it is done on the €2 coins. Letters on an otherwise plain background are fine, they can fairly easily be recognized and read. But this milled edge makes them hard to "decipher" ...

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