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Started by eurocoin, September 08, 2018, 02:59:45 PM

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$and€r

Quote from: $and€r on August 20, 2022, 12:25:40 PMMaybe not completely a circulation find, but on the other hand. i changed them for face value.
Just came back from our summer holiday, our fist part were in France and the 2nd part were in Spain.. We had to cover 1 night somewhere and we decided to stay over in Andorra..
For a quick 'snack' we took a Doner Kebab, as change we received a 5 Cent Eurocoin from Andorra. I asked the employee if he had maybe more Andorra coins, he took my question very seriously.. and he went through all the coins in the cash register..  ;D

The score / new additions to my collection:
2 Cent 2017
5 Cent 2018 & 2019
10 Cent 2018, 2019, 2020 & 2021
20 Cents 2018, 2019 & 2021
2 Euro 2015, 2020 & 2021

I do collect Euro coins from the beginning, but i don't buy them.. All my Euro coins are from the circulation and for face value. (only this week i bought also a complete set in Andorra.. >:D )
It seems i'm very lucky with my colleague, i have a office job at a very large warehouse serving whole Europe and further.. My colleague (warehouse) ask almost every truck driver if he can check his change..  ;)
For me a perfect source.. I think at least 80% is in original colour and as new.. I attached 2 screenshots showing a small part of my collection..

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This year we went to Corfu (Greece) and spend 2 nights in San Marino..
I managed to change a nice amount of San Marino coins for face value..  ;)

The score / new additions to my collection:
20 Cent 2017 & 2018
50 Cent 2020 & 2021
1 Euro 2021 & 2022
2 Euro 2021

I still need to check all other coins i received as change..
But i think the 2 Euro 2014 (Ionian Islands) from Greece is the best find..

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$and€r

Received at our local AH Supermarket an 20 Cent 2001 Monaco as change..
My mom does a lot of voluntair work for the local church, she also "process" the coins from the 'collections..
I've been looking through all of them since a few months.. Not unsuccessfully so far.
This week a 20 cent 2004A from Germany, still great "BU" looking.. Another nice find were a 1 & 2 Cent 2014 from the Netherlands..  All in all, many holes have been filled in my collection..  ;)

eurocoin

A nice find of a few days ago while coin roll hunting. 2 euro Germany 2005 F. Not minted for general circulation.

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eurocoin

#49
Another interesting find today while coin roll hunting 'Wij zijn jullie beu' (We are tired of you), referring to the EU.

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dgwright

Nothing I'd call rare per se, but I did find a 1940 'wheat penny' in my change a couple months ago.
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eurocoin

Recently I was pleased to find a 50 euro cent coin of Vatican City while coin roll hunting. After some 20 years of collecting coins, now finally I have found a coin of every country that issues euro coins.

Furthermore I managed to complete the set of 10 cent, 20 cent and 2 euro of Luxembourg dated 2023, the rarer version that was minted by Monnaie de Paris.

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gerard974

Hello
On my island many peoples go for the  holydays in Thailand and in the shop we found many 10 bath coins in the place of 2 euros coins
Gérard

krishna

Quote from: eurocoin on July 17, 2024, 09:21:08 AMRecently I was pleased to find a 50 euro cent coin of Vatican City while coin roll hunting. After some 20 years of collecting coins, now finally I have found a coin of every country that issues euro coins.

Furthermore I managed to complete the set of 10 cent, 20 cent and 2 euro of Luxembourg dated 2023, the rarer version that was minted by Monnaie de Paris.

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Congratulations on this significant achievement, you must feel quite fulfilled
All the best for your future endeavours

Big_M

Just back from Italy where I got in change at a highway service station two brand new 2024 Vatican 50 cents coins.

eurocoin

#55
I had some luck recently obtaining coins from Monaco. 1 euro Monaco 2023 found in change in Monaco just over a week ago, and then today the 1 euro coin Monaco 2022 in change from my local supermarket.

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Figleaf

Quote from: Big_M on August 04, 2024, 06:02:25 PMJust back from Italy where I got in change at a highway service station two brand new 2024 Vatican 50 cents coins.

Ditto but 2021 and found in change from a French supermarket. Somewhat surprised to find out I already had a 2017 specimen.

Peter
An unidentified coin is a piece of metal. An identified coin is a piece of history.

eurocoin

A nice find while coin roll hunting recently, 5 cent Cyprus 2010 with a low mintage of 200,000 pieces.

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$and€r

My girlfriend received this Dutch 2 Euro 2024 at the local supermarket as change..

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