Starter packages for Croatia’s euro coins will be available from December 1, revealing the designs chosen. Croatia will adopt the euro on January 1, 2023, joining the current 19 full members of the Eurozone and signalling the end of the kuna introduced in 1994. It also means farewell to the little lipa coins of tiny values. Since early September, prices around Croatia have been displayed in both currencies.
The official fixed conversion rate is 7.53450 kuna to the euro.
For two weeks after New Year’s Day, both currencies will be in circulation. Kuna may be exchanged free of charge at banks and post offices, although cashiers will only accept coins until 2026.
From December 1, 100-kuna starter packages of 33 coins for a total value of €13.28 will be available around Croatia, showing their designs.
Euro coins feature their denomination on one side, backdropped by a map, and the issuing country’s own choice of design on the other.