Do banks in Europe sell rolls/bags of new 1 cent Euros, etc.?

I stopped at a bank in Ireland and they said they could sell me a "bag" of 250 1 cent Euro coins, but they'd be mixed (old and new).

Does whoever mints the Euro cents offer them for sale brand-new? Or do you have to be lucky and find a bank that happens to have them, like we do here in the U.S.?

 

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Quite a few countries have stopped using the 1 euro cent. Even the 2 cent is losing favor. Ending the use of a denomination doesn't send them into hysterics, unlike here.

 

Even in those euro countries where rounding rules (which make a lot of sense to me) are in effect, the 1 and 2 ct coins are still legal tender. It's just that due to the rounding they are not really needed.

Minting the coins is still a responsibility of the member state governments, and they will place orders either with domestic mints, or other minting facilities in the EU. As for coin rolls or bags, I don't think you can get "year specific" ones ...

Christian

 

You can get rolls of new Estonian euro coins from Bank of Estonia. Basically any year, any denomination. Of course, some older years and special design 2-euro coins are long gone, but it was also possible to get these on face value.

 

Do banks in your neck of the woods still provide one cent and two cent coins?

 

I am in Germany, close to the Netherlands. Here in DE these low denominations are still in use, so yes; in NL they are not, so no.

Christian

 

On eBay I see coin rolls from a lot of the Euro countries. Search under “World Coin Rolls” or “Euro Coin Rolls”.

 

In Portugal if you want 1 and 2 cents coins you may get irish "Euro cents":

https://translate.google.pt/translate?hl=pt-PT?sl=pt&tl=en&u=https%3A//www.publico.pt/2018/05/02/economia/noticia/portugal-comprou-272-milhoes-de-moedas-de-1-e-2-centimos-a-irlanda-1815962

Jose

 

Hehe. Actually such deals make a lot of sense. Here is an example from 2010; involved different denominations though. https://www.dnb.nl/en/news/news-and-archive/nieuws-2010/dnb230334.jsp

Christian

 

This is interesting - Ireland has stopped minting 1c and 2c coins, except for a small number for coin sets. Many shops now round amounts to the nearest 5c, so I guess there was a surplus of the smaller coins and it made sense to ship them out of the country!

Thanks,
Aidan.