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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kanga, post: 4141931, member: 9270&quot;]We were in Austria in 2002 when that country switched from the Shilling to the Euro (1 January 2002).</p><p>I had gone into a bank in late December 2001 to convert some US$ and found the bank was selling some packs of Euro coins used to familiarized the Austrians with the new coins.</p><p>I bought several.</p><p>Inside one of the packs was this coin:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.dcderoo.com/Austria-2002-2€-o-2Clips-40.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><img src="http://www.dcderoo.com/Austria-2002-2€-r-2Clips-40.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>A 2€ coin with two small clips.</p><p>The Blakesley Effect is slightly evident</p><p><b>BUT</b></p><p>More evident was something we don&#039;t see in the US on clipped coins.</p><p>Since the 2€ has a ring of copper-nickel surrounding a copper/bronze center, the clips affected the ring but not the center.</p><p>Look where the two metal pieces separated (best seen on the obverse at 8 and 10:30).</p><p><br /></p><p>I have no idea of its value.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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