With the adoption of the Euro by 12 countries in 1999 and the subsequent issue of a common coinage, the previous coinage became obsolete. The sets you will find in this section represent the pre-Euro coinage of Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Greece and the Vatican. Any place that was previously using the coins of one of the countries listed above simultaneously changed to the Euro as well. Among the places affected were the Principality of Andorra, the Principality of Monaco, and the Republic of San Marino. The change also applied automatically to any territories, departments, possessions, or collectivities of Euro-zone countries, such as the Azores, Balearic Islands, the Canary Islands, Europa Island, French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Juan de Nova, the Madeira Islands, Martinique, Mayotte, Reunion, Saint-Martin, Saint Pierre and Miquelon and others.