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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Edited by OspreyCoins
07/31/2015 10:32 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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Aw........ I don't know! The U.S. had Three Cent coins and three dollar coins! How about a coin with a face value of Pi dollars?  |
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Pillar of the Community
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that would probably confuse people when you handed then 7 Pi dollars and they couldn't figure out you gave then $22.
Any idea why only there has a 3-Euro?
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Pillar of the Community
 Canada
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They are commemorative coins, not legal tender.
"Dipping" is not considered cleaning...
-from PCGS website
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Pillar of the Community
Germany
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They are commemorative coins, not legal tender Yes, the 3 Euro coins are commemorative coins. And they are legal tender -- but only in Slovenia, not the entire Eurozone. However, the 2 Euro CC issued by Slovenia (and every other member state of the Eurozone) are legal tender in the entire Eurozone. |
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Slovenia
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Yes, the same applies for Austrian and Finnish 5 € coins, and like that quite debated about Belgium 2,5 € Waterloo coin issued this year. I've been actually given the slovenia 3 € coins as a change two or three times so far. The thing is, that in most shops they use coin counter machines, that do not accept the 3 € coin, so when a costumer gives them 3 €, workers tend to exchange them for themselves or try to pass them on to other costumers. There are also quite some people here who carry 3 € coins in their purses/wallets as some sort of tokens. EDIT: The same design also comes in 30 € silver and 100 € gold type. Here's a picture of 30 € 2014 silver and 3 € 2015 bi-metal coins compared to a us cent.  Edited by Dagaz
08/01/2015 03:54 am
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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And next we will have a 4 Euro, 7-1/2 Euro, etc. Why not? I only wonder about workers at a McDonalds over there.
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Slovenia
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Now that you mentioned it, I think Portugal had some 7 1/2 € coins :p
Just don't look up the France numismatics programme ... While they have nice designs, the sheer number of commerative collectors coins issued per year is just absurd.
Edited by Dagaz
08/02/2015 04:43 am
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Pillar of the Community
Germany
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@Dagaz:
Yes, Portugal had a 7,5 Euro NCLT coin in 2011
Yes, France's numismatic program is absurd
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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United States
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I agree.  . I collect first year bi-metallics (I am WBCC # 578). I cut my duplicates in half to examine how they were formed. I mount the cut pieces in 2x2s in my Bi-Metallic album. However, all of the new stuff is indeed absurd, not only France, but I find much of it junk. I will stick to only the first year mints. In my study I found the Russian first year (1991 I think) to have been crudely assembled. Italy's first year (1982 if I recall) used an insert between the core and ring. Anyways the current situations are to be avoided by me, I have my limits. Edited by GSDykes
09/13/2015 4:44 pm
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