JonySky

I just orders some sets of Euros from this company,

http://www.fleur-de-coin.com/.

I'll post when they arrive and let folks know about their delivery time and quality. JonySky

Mikjo0

I picked up one of those 96 coin Euro sets when they first came out and am waiting for the coins of the new EU members to be minted..I hear it'll be 2007 though..anyone know?

chrisild

No definite date has been provided so far. It seems that Estonia is (one of) the first "new" member states that will introduce the euro:
http://www.cointalk.org/showpost.php...5&postcount=28

The Lituanian and Slovenian currencies joined ERM-II at the same time, so these three countries may start issuing euro coins in Jan-2007. (Another "candidate" is Andorra, but that would be based on a monetary agreement similar to the ones the EU has with Monaco, etc.) In any case, it is a little early for a precise forecast.

"PS" - Here is some more info, this time from the Maltese perspective. For that country, 2008 would be the earliest possible date:
http://mfin.gov.mt/page.aspx?site=NE...e=euroadoption

Christian

kvasir

I'm Canadian and I despise the Euro.

It means I no longer have the chance to collect distinctive national coinage when I visit (i've never been to europe). I know that each country has their own design on the obverse (or is it reverse in this case?) but it's not the same. I've received a whole set of Germany circulated in the mail from a friend few weeks ago. I want to collect all countries though.

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chrisild

When the routine border checks in the Continental EU ended a couple of years ago, some tourists from overseas had similar complaints: "Oh, that was so quaint". Maybe we should build some Old Europe Theme Park somewhere ...

Actually, since we have a currency union, there is no practical need for having coins with country specific sides (I think that is the obverse but "country specific" or "national" side is a common term). As a coin collector, I want them though :-)

Besides, you can always limit your visit(s) to Europe to those countries that do not share a currency with any other country. There is no need to rush, hehe.

Christian

Andy

Hi, I am not an Euro collector but I thought this might be of interest to anyone who was. The below advertisement was posted at the Panda coin website and listed on it's homepage. I find Panda's to be on the expensive side but if someone is looking for it, it may be worth the extra dollars for them.


Euro Collection Complete 96 Coins from 12 Countries Price: $189.00




Everyone seems to want these! Home Shopping is selling this collection for $199.95 but you can get it from us for a lot less! You get 8 brilliant uncirculated coins (denominations of 1, 2, 5, 10, 20 & 50 Cent, and 1 & 2 Euro) in soft plastic sleeves. The two Euro denominated coins from each country are bimetallic. Each country has its own designs on one side plus a common reverse. The countries represented are Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxemburg, Netherlands, Portugal and Spain. 96 brilliant uncirculated coins in all with a wealth of history and art reflected in the designs. Note that all of these coins were released at the beginning of 2002, but a few have earlier dates since by law in some countries coins must be dated in the year they were struck, not in the year that they were released. This is a limited edition of 50,000 sets.

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chrisild

Sounds good to me :-) Of course it takes away some of the fun that people have when collecting coins from circulation - but picking circulated euros up may be difficult for people in other countries. And compared to paying face value plus postage for single coins, the price is OK ...

Side note - this comment (from the dealer's site) is a little odd: Note that all of these coins were released at the beginning of 2002, but a few have earlier dates since by law in some countries coins must be dated in the year they were struck, not in the year that they were released.
Well, production of euro coins started in May 1998, but you won't find any pieces dated 1998. The euro legally replaced the pre-euro currencies on 1-Jan-1999 while the cash did not become legal tender until 1-Jan-2002, hence the different dates.

Christian

KLJ

I was last in a euroland country - Ireland - in 2004. While there, the vast majority of coins were dated 2002. I guess Ireland dated them that way regardless of when they were minted. What I found odd was that I didn't find all that many 2003 or 2004 dated coins. Two or three, but that was it.

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shatsi

Other than Ebay, where else can you buy vatican coins?

bplinson

I am collecting them and have some 1999 through 2001 coins that I am told are pretty rare seeing as we did not start using them until 2002.

I also have three Germany starter kits.

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chrisild

Same here in Germany. Production in DE started in August 1998, and all German euro coins produced between that time and late 2002 have the year 2002. For example, there are about 3.5 billion German 10 ct coins dated 2002 but only 130 million dated 2003. In Ireland it is basically the same: post-2002 mintages are extremely low compared to "2002" coins.

(edit) IE 10 ct: 2002 - 276 million, 2003 - 48 million.

Christian

chrisild

They are not actually rare; it's just that most of us did not have such coins in our hands before mid-December 2001. Which years are relatively rare, and which are very common, varies widely from country to country and from denomination to denomination. See this table for example:
http://www.eurocoins.liesemeijer.com/Mintage.html

Christian

chrisild

Update (source: APA) - Currently five European mints are interested in winning the minting contract for the Estonian euro and cent coins: Münze Österreich (AT), Rahapaja (FI), Royal Mint (UK), Münze Baden-Württemberg (DE), Monnaie de Paris (FR). The Estonian government will make a decision later this month or in early November.

According to the current schedule, production of the euro coins will start in the second half of 2006, while the cash changeover will be in early 2007. The only problem is that, due to the boosting economy, the inflation rate in Estonia is relatively high. That might be a problem for the "euro schedule" (ie. possibly result in a later introduction of the common currency) in that country.

Christian

Mikjo0

I think I paid $99 for my set a couple of years back and looking around,I see that there are websites selling them for $150+ PandaAmerica and Home Shopping are high,literally

KLJ

I've always found it ironic (in the proper definition of the word) that, although British public opinion often runs as high as 3 to 1 AGAINST the British adoption of the euro, the Royal Mint aggressively pursues euro contracts.

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