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Mitchell New Member Australia 48 Posts	Posted 12/31/2010 12:34 pm I'm in Europe (in the Eurozone) for a holiday and I was wondering: are there any coins to look out for (errors, mint marks varieties) while I'm here? I already have a bowl-full from change I've received so I have a lot to look through. Thanks. Edited by Mitchell 01/01/2011 02:42 am Report this Post to the Staff

Mitchell New Member Australia 48 Posts	Posted 12/31/2010 3:33 pm Upon looking through the coins, I've found one commemorative coin. It is the Presidency of the Council of the European Union. I can't find any noticeable errors or unique mint marks. Can somebody help me with what I should look for? Thank you. Edited by Mitchell 01/01/2011 02:40 am Report this Post to the Staff
alganbagerap Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2490 Posts	Posted 12/31/2010 6:12 pm Mitchell, mate. Give us a clue. Europe's a big place, even when compared to the lucky country. Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16826 Posts	Posted 12/31/2010 8:28 pm I assume by "Europe" you're mostly talking about the Eurozone. Here are some things to look for in euro coinage. If assembling a date set sounds a bit daunting, then a type set would be adequate, but be aware that for denominations 10 cents and above, the design of the common "map of Europe" side was changed in 2007. Mintmarks: This Wikipedia page lists all the mintmarks privy marks, initials etc used on circulating euro coins, but only one euro-issuing state has "mintmarks" in the conventional sense of the word: German euro coins have five possible mintmarks: A, D, F, G and J. Some of the 2002 Greek euro coins also had mintmarks, hidden inside the star closest to the date; see this old thread. There are all sorts of different circulating 2 euro commemoratives to look for. See this Wikipedia page for a comprehensive list. Collecting all 89 of them would be an expensive affair, even if taken from circulation, given the high value of the euro at the moment! Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
Mitchell New Member Australia 48 Posts	Posted 01/01/2011 02:48 am @alganbagerap Sorry, I can now see how that could've been confusing. I've edited my post to fix that. @Sap thanks for all the info! I'll sort through my coins again now. Report this Post to the Staff
chrisild Pillar of the Community Germany 1238 Posts	Posted 01/01/2011 6:10 pm Umm, if you picked that "EU Presidency" coin up in circulation, it will be a €2 commem, not any of those collector coins, I guess. Here are three possibilities ... Belgium (Presidency in II/2010) http://ec.europa.eu/economy_finance.../be_2010.jpg France (Presidency in II/2008) http://ec.europa.eu/economy_finance...age13311.gif Portugal (Presidency in II/2007) http://ec.europa.eu/economy_finance...mage8740.gif Christian Report this Post to the Staff
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