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<p>[QUOTE="chrisild, post: 1342138, member: 39"]Regardless of the future of the euro, none of the two countries can or wants to join the currency union any time soon. Latvia maybe, but that is about it.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Depends on the site, I suppose. The euro is at $1.27 or so these days, and if you buy euro coins in a euro country, the price is not actually affected by the EUR-USD exchange rate. If you buy them outside the euro area, that may well be a different story.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Sounds reasonable to me. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> As others have mentioned, it may in some cases be difficult to get <i>all</i> denominations, with the year of your visit, from circulation. I'm in Germany for example, and the German mints have not made any €1 coins for circulation since 2006. So you would have to pick a different denomination, or buy a set ...</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="chrisild, post: 1342138, member: 39"]Regardless of the future of the euro, none of the two countries can or wants to join the currency union any time soon. Latvia maybe, but that is about it. Depends on the site, I suppose. The euro is at $1.27 or so these days, and if you buy euro coins in a euro country, the price is not actually affected by the EUR-USD exchange rate. If you buy them outside the euro area, that may well be a different story. Sounds reasonable to me. :) As others have mentioned, it may in some cases be difficult to get [i]all[/i] denominations, with the year of your visit, from circulation. I'm in Germany for example, and the German mints have not made any €1 coins for circulation since 2006. So you would have to pick a different denomination, or buy a set ... Christian[/QUOTE]
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