The mint has produced euro coinage for other countries as well.
People in the northern part of Cyprus -- whose government is recognized only by Turkey -- remain outside the European Union, but some merchants will still take euros in addition to Turkish lira.
Malta is also adopting the euro on Tuesday. That brings to 15 the number of countries using the common currency. Since early 2002, Finland has been the only Nordic or Baltic nation to use the euro.
Meanwhile people lined up outside the Bank of Finland in recent days to exchange old Finnish silver one-mark coins and five-mark paper notes for euros before a year-end deadline.