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TABLE 7

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Percentage changes, excluding obsolete issues, in the value of coins in circulation in each of the last three years

Percentage changes,

% change over previous year 1989

+6.48

1990

1991

-0.44

+14.77

excluding obsolete issues,

in the number of coins in

circulation in each of the

last three years

+5.93

+1.92

+11.76

The number of coins in circulation increased from 2,687 million to

3,003 million.

TABLE 8

Proportion of coins in circulation by denomination: (per cent by

value of total circulation)

End of

December

1989

%

1990

1991

%

%

56

0.280

0.278

0.241

10€

4.029

4.195

4.029

206

5.042

5.260

5.354

50€

9.361

9.308

8.776

$1

21.497

22.573

21.544

$2

25.949

25.033

25.608

$5

33.762

33.273

34.378

Nickel coins

0.080

0.080

0.070

100.000

100.000

100.000

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