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Pillar of the Community
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Nice, I'm glad this issue will be making it to collectors after all.
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United States
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Pillar of the Community
Sweden
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Should be some brass alloy. 6 for a gold coin just doesn't sound reasonable. Plus, there will be a 10 coin in silver.
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Pillar of the Community
France
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Those can only be used in Belgium, and as collectors - only the emitting country has its say.
That's a pretty odd story, indeed .
As for scraping the 2 coins, seems all the european member coutries have their say.
I don't know why they care though, it's an historical event . anyway . politics . -_-
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Slovenia
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Yeah, I was looking forward to this one as 2 ...
Strange story indeed ... A great theme to commemorate. Much greater then most of the things some EU states put on 2 CC.
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Ireland
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Can anyone on this forum advise me exactly how to get one of these coins? I will be in Brussels next week: can I mail order from somewhere (exact link please), or do I go to a post office or such-like? It reminds me a little of the common joke about the Irish half-crown (2 1/2 shillings), that it was to commemorate Arkle.  |
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Pillar of the Community
Germany
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I will be in Brussels next week: can I mail order from somewhere (exact link please), or do I go to a post office or such-like? Not sure whether the Belgian Central Bank has those collector coins, but you can order them from the mint of course. :) See here: http://europemint.eu/crbst_8.html The page lists the various issues (2.50 brass/coincard, 10 silver/box) that they sell. Mintage 100,000 for the brass piece and 10,000 for the silver piece. Side note: The Netherlands, and of course the UK, commemorate the battle (thus basically the restoration of various anciens regimes ...) on coins as well. As for the supposedly "odd" denomination, well, nobody will pay with such regional collector coins. Portugal for example has used the 2.50 denomination for a long time ... Christian Edited by chrisild
06/09/2015 09:41 am
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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France
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chrisild : you can still use them to pay, they are a legal tender in the emitting country (and only that one, not Europe as all the rest). It can be a bit hard with most shop owners, though ;)
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Slovenia
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Slovenia has the same principle with 3 bi-metallic coins. From time to time my partner brings me one from the store where she works. I think it is their policy that they can accept them, but not return them :)
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Pillar of the Community
Germany
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@MathieuMa: Yep, I know - we're euro neighbors so to say. :) But as you wrote, "legal tender" does not mean much in real life. Plus, EU law specifically says they are not to be used for payments: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-cont...X:32012R0651For some reason the forum software truncated my post, and I won't write everything, about Napoleon, the Prussians, and why Germany does not celebrate "Waterloo" numismatically, once again. Anyway, look at Art. 1 (3) and Art. 5 (5).Christian Edited by chrisild
06/10/2015 05:27 am
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Pillar of the Community
France
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Hum, I read here that they can be used as payment (legal tender) - while they shouldn't enter into circulation (huh . :D ) :
Member States whose currency is the euro should also be able to issue euro collector coins, which are not intended for circulation and which should be readily distinguishable
from circulation coins. Euro collector coins should have the status of legal tender only in the Member State of issuance and should not be issued with a view to their entry into circulation.
So I suppose you can buy them, the issuing central bank will pay you back if you want (= legal tender), but you can't use them in stores (= circulating)?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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This is the loophole Greece, amongst many others but Greece for now, needs.
Issue an odd denomination coin in Greece, legal tender only in Greece, and issue it out of thin air. Well not thin air, you have to coin the items at Greece's expense.
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Germany
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So I suppose you can buy them, the issuing central bank will pay you back if you want (= legal tender), but you can't use them in stores (= circulating)? That is basically it. :) I appreciate the idea and concept of such collector coins, as they allow the issuers to try new materials, shapes, etc. out, but of course such issues sort of defeat the purpose of a common currency. My "regular" euro coins (circulation pieces and commemorative 2 coins) I can use anywhere in the currency union, but as you mentioned, that does not apply to collector coins. Interestingly, from time to time some member state tries to make collector coins popular; think of the French "Euros Or et Argent" issued at face value. But by and large such pieces are made for, well, collectors :) and do not circulate. As for the originally planned Waterloo 2 coin, yes, that would of course have been legal tender in France as well. But how many times do we actually come across a commem? (Not "some" commemorative coin but the same issue.) I don't think "the" French would have found the piece objectionable. On the other hand, I still wonder why the French government canceled the "Battle of Marignan" 2 plan. Maybe Switzerland (non-EU) opposed the idea? ;) Christian |
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United States
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200 years ago France defied the world and issued 6,777 of these   It's pretty amazing what you can do in 100 days. "Two minutes ago I would have sold my chances for a tired dime." Fred Astaire
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06/12/2015 11:15 pm
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Posted 06/08/2015 11:58 pm
