2 Euro, Netherlands — 10th Anniversary of the Economic and Monetary Union (2009) The obverse is identical to all 16 issues of the 2009 pan-European series. This design, chosen by EU citizens, had a special nuance in the Netherlands. The country was a founding member of the EEC and an active architect of the euro. The stylized human figure merging with the euro sign (€) symbolized for the Dutch not an abstract idea, but the practical result of years of work on economic integration. The Dutch stan