€2 commemorative coins are a special kind of €2 coin that can be minted and issued by the individual member states of the Eurozone since 2004. While they are legal tender in the whole Eurozone, they are also collectibles. Typically, they commemorate anniversaries of historical events or draw attention to current events of special importance. Up to now, fourteen €2 commemorative coins have been minted — six in 2004 and eight in 2005. Eight more are currently planned to be minted in 2006. Read the rest of this article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E2%82%AC2_commemorative_coins _______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries: 1756: Composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born in the city of Salzburg. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang_Amadeus_Mozart) 1945: The Red Army liberated 7,500 prisoners left behind by Nazi personnel in the Auschwitz concentration camps in Oświęcim, Poland. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auschwitz_concentration_camp) 1951: Nuclear testing at the Nevada Test Site began with a one-kiloton bomb dropped on Frenchman Flats. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nevada_Test_Site) 1967: The Apollo 1 spacecraft was destroyed by fire at the Kennedy Space Center, killing astronauts Gus Grissom, Edward White and Roger Chaffee. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_1) 1973: The Paris Peace Accords were signed to put an end to the Vietnam War. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_Peace_Accords) _____________________ Wikiquote of the day: "If you drink much from a bottle marked 'poison' it is almost certain to disagree with you, sooner or later." -- Lewis Carroll (http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Lewis_Carroll)