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Valued Member
Finland
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Hello! It would be interesting to see what kind of selections of eurocoins you can get in different parts of eurozone. We don't use much cash in Finland anymore so I'll send updates unfreguently. But here's my wallet today: 1 euro Germany 2002 D 2 euro Malta 2008 2 euro Germany 2002 F 2 euro Italy 2002 2 euro France 2000 50 cents Finland 2009 50 cents Germany 2002 D 20 cents Finland 2001, 2x2002, 2008, 2012 20 cents Austria 2004 10 cents Finland 1999, 2x2000 5 cents Finland 2002  Maltese stuff is uncommon here but all the rest are common here. Small surprise is that there's no Finnish 1 and 2 euros at all this time. Edited by Eurocoin
01/28/2017 11:05 am
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Wow. That's a lot of stuff from a pocket! Is it in any way confusing for people that may not be as familiar with coins to figure out what is what?
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Valued Member
 Finland
294 Posts |
Moxking - as far as I know there's no problems at all to use this many different coin types. People know the common sides, shapes and sizes of different denominations so they trust them though they haven't never seen some national side design.
The only very small problem has been "the look a like coins". For example someone puts Thailand 10 baht coin into circulation as 2 coin. It's worth a bit more than 1/10 of 2.
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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The other sides are all the same so it isn't too tricky.
Given how many coins there are and from how many years I wonder if anyone has a full set and what the total face value would be?
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Valued Member
United States
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One side is the same regardless of the issuing nation (pictures here), but yeah if you aren't familiar with them, it could be difficult to determine the national side. In many cases, the name of the country is part of the design, but not always. Here is a link for mintages and years for each coin. I didn't count how many coins it would be to have a complete date set (coins weren't minted every year in some cases), but a set of each denomination (8 coins) from each country (23 nations) would be 184 coins. This does not account for countries that have more than one series (the Netherlands, Spain, Belgium, Vatican City, etc), so there are more than 200 coins for one of each design. This doesn't even include the numerous commemorative 2 euro coins... |
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Pillar of the Community
Sweden
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Although I won't come with pictures, last time I went to Latvia I encountered many Latvian coins (surprise!) but also some Estonian, newly-issued Lithuanian, Finnish, German coins and strangely enough Cypriot coins. The Cypriot and Lithuanian ones were definitely the most interestingof them all.
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Bedrock of the Community
United Kingdom
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I regularly go to Northern France. Apart from French coins, I find quite a few Belgian and German coins, and Spain and Italy are the next most common. The only major countries in the Eurozone (not counting San Marino, Monaco, Vatican and Andorra) from which I've never had a coin in change are Latvia and Lithuania. I usually get lots of German 2-euro coins and lots of Belgian 50c coins.
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Valued Member
Finland
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Yesterday I thought that I haven't seen any Spanish euros with the portrait of the new king Felipe VI. Well, I got one today as a change:  |
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Valued Member
Slovenia
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You can get all sort of things here if you keep looking. From time to time I even do some roll hunting - with moderate success. But I'm very happy to say I have found at least one coin of each Euro state including Andorra (5 cent), Vatican(50 cent all years 2010-2015), San Marino (2, 5, 20 cent and 1 and 2 and Monaco (2 x 2). But I can't take all the credit. My girlfriend works at a store and often brings me some goodies  . |
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Valued Member
Finland
294 Posts |
Dagaz - oh, those are really great finds! I haven't seen any coins from those countries in my change so far.
Rarest coins what I have picked from circulation were Finnish 2 EU enlargement (2004) commems. They are still selling for 20/each in circ condition as the top prices were something like 50 ten years ago.
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Valued Member
Slovenia
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Thank you. I've been lucky, I know. I'll be getting the Finnish 2004 UNC coin for my birthday next week. My gf asked what I want and I choose this one  |
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Italy
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Interesting thread. Here in Italy is not too difficult to find the occasional San Marino or Vatican coin, usually 50 cent or 1 euro. The tough part is the copper coins, never seen one from a small country. My best find, or at least the coin with the lowest mintage I've ever found in circulation, is a 2013 Netherlands 1 cent (200,000 minted). I've found it in Bruxelles (and laying on the ground, actually). It's one of the only 3 euro coins that I've in my collection today... Quote:
Is it in any way confusing for people that may not be as familiar with coins to figure out what is what? People doesn't even look at his change. I've seen some counterfeited coins that are so obviously fake that you wouldn't believe someone got fooled, indeed... they were. Thai 10 baht are frequently seen, and Brazilian 5 centavos too (they are minted on the very same planchets of the 5 euro cent). I once got a Swedish 10 kronor piece instead of a 10 euro cent coin. That was quite fun! |
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Finland
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I made my earlier posts with phone so sorry about unoptimized pics  Quote:
I'll be getting the Finnish 2004 UNC coin for my birthday next week. My gf asked what I want and I choose this one Good choice! it΄s simple but beautiful design and reminds me about the good development in the last decade here in Europe. Hopefully we won΄t ruin the core things of European Union. Quote:
I once got a Swedish 10 kronor piece instead of a 10 euro cent coin. That was quite fun! Haha, I would take it too. We even have some banks here which exchange Swedish coins for euros at a normal rate. |
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