2 Euro Commemorative coins Slovakia 2022

35 years of the Erasmus Programme

The Obverse depicts two key elements of the Erasmus programme, a European Union student mobility project aimed at university students. On the right is Erasmus of Rotterdam (Dutch humanist and philosopher), in one of his best-known portraits, after whom the programme was named because of his numerous journeys throughout Europe, with the aim of learning about its different cultures. The effigy of the theologian is superimposed on a net that crosses the coin from one point to the other, which is intended to represent the cultural and human exchanges between European students; on the left-hand side, thanks to a special type of graphics, the number '35' appears (to identify the 35th anniversary). Superimposed on the portrait are the circular inscriptions: "1987-2022", "ERASMUS" e "PROGRAMME" on three lines, while further down, near the inner edge, is the mintmark "MK", followed by the inscription "SLOVENSKO". Above the philosopher's right hand are the author's initials "J.J.". On the outer part 12 five-pointed stars, symbol of the European Union. The coin's Reverse is the new common side of Euro coins, with the face value "2" on the left and the European continent on the right, overlapped by the inscription "EURO". Six vertical lines with a star at each end are placed behind the Europe's image.
Edge: finely milled, with the inscription "SLOVENSKÁ REPUBLIKA" and two stars interspersed with a lime leaf.
Diameter: 25,75 mm
Thickness: 2,20 mm
Weight: 8,5 g
Composition: bimetallic coin (outer part: copper-nickel, inner part: nickel-brass).

300 years since the first steam engine for pumping pit water

The Obverse depicts the original design of the first Slovak steam engine (the first steam pump on the entire European continent), installed in 1722 in a mine in Slovakia, where gold and silver were mined. On the left, between the edge and the image, are the author's initials "PV" and the mintmark "MK", placed one below the other; also on the left, but further down and inside the design, is the signature of the engineer who designed the machine "Isaac Potter" (written on two lines vertically). On the right, in the space between the picture and the edge, is the inscription "SLOVENSKO", followed by the years "1722 • 2022"; both the inscription and the years are written vertically. On the outer part 12 five-pointed stars, symbol of the European Union. The coin's Reverse is the new common side of Euro coins, with the face value "2" on the left and the European continent on the right, overlapped by the inscription "EURO". Six vertical lines with a star at each end are placed behind the Europe's image.
Edge: finely milled, with the inscription "SLOVENSKÁ REPUBLIKA" and two stars interspersed with a lime leaf.
Diameter: 25,75 mm
Thickness: 2,20 mm
Weight: 8,5 g
Composition: bimetallic coin (outer part: copper-nickel, inner part: nickel-brass).