The First German Euro Coins (In a PNC)

[Bimat]

We all know that exactly 11 years and 1 day ago, Germany officially adopted euro. On this occasion, Deutsche Post issued first set of 8 German euro coins (dated 2002) in a Phila-Numismatic Cover. Just got this set ("D" - Munich Mint) and it's much different and better than what I'd have expected. It's really huge: about size of A3 paper. The coins don't look just unc to me, it might be a better version (BU or PP) but I really don't know. There isn't sufficient information available about these PNCs.

Here are some scans:

Aditya

[Bimat]

And if anybody is not happy with size of above scans , here's a jumbo scan, taken from MA-Shops. (Thomas Pollandt)



Aditya

[chrisild]

And if anybody is not happy with size of above scans , here's a jumbo scan, taken from MA-Shops. (Thomas Pollandt)

Hmm, is that the same PNC as the one in the first post? They appear to be different. Anyway, I don't collect those but I suppose that the coins are what you would also get in a BU set. Also note that Germany adopted the euro 14 years ago. It just took three more years until the cash became legal tender. By the way, note the "56" cent stamp? That was the equivalent of 1.10 DM (postage for a domestic letter since 1997 or so). Ten years ago, that price even went down to 55 ct; now it is 58 ct ...

Christian

[paisepagal]

Hmm, is that the same PNC as the one in the first post? They appear to be different. Anyway, I don't collect those but I suppose that the coins are what you would also get in a BU set. Also note that Germany adopted the euro 14 years ago. It just took three more years until the cash became legal tender. By the way, note the "56" cent stamp? That was the equivalent of 1.10 DM (postage for a domestic letter since 1997 or so). Ten years ago, that price even went down to 55 ct; now it is 58 ct ...

Christian

Back then , India was one of the first countries in Asia to trade in euros from what I can recollect of that exciting time. The day trading hours factor had to do much with it besides the govt decision to include the euro in its basket of currencies against which the rupee is benchmarked. I too got a bank transfer from a friend as a b'day gift in mid-2000... I still have the bank advice somewhere   

[Bimat]

Hmm, is that the same PNC as the one in the first post? They appear to be different. Anyway, I don't collect those but I suppose that the coins are what you would also get in a BU set. Also note that Germany adopted the euro 14 years ago. It just took three more years until the cash became legal tender. By the way, note the "56" cent stamp? That was the equivalent of 1.10 DM (postage for a domestic letter since 1997 or so). Ten years ago, that price even went down to 55 ct; now it is 58 ct ...

Yes, it's exactly the same PNC. Actually there are number of sheets, one sheet has coins enclosed, one sheet has information about coins, one sheet has stamps and so on..It's quite heavy too. Another interesting thing to note is that those stamps are not 'real'. I mean, those stamps are affixed to the sheet but are printed on the sheet. This must be unique type of PNC then..

Aditya