200910 years since the launching of the EURO currency - First Day Cover

Euro, the European unique currency, appeared on the world monetary market ten years ago. Nevertheless, the idea of a common currency of the European Union was "born" much earlier, in 1968, when the Customs Union was founded. The most important steps preceding the European unique currency appearance, euro, were the creation of the European Monetary System (1979), the signing of the European Unique Document (1986) and the Maastricht Treaty (1992). The European Monetary System was created in order to achieve an area of monetary stability inside the European Economic Community. The European Unique Document ascertains the freedoms of motion inside the Union (for persons, capital and also for services and goods) and the Maastricht Treaty represents the legal base of the unique currency.