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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 28642, member: 39&quot;]Guess a thorough answer to the question what a coin is would fill a book <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; The above example is a little problematic since there are euro countries where such €10 pieces can be obtained at bank or post offices at face value (AT, DE, NL, for example), but in others (BE, ES, FR, for example) you always have to pay a surcharge. Also, these collectors pieces are legal tender in the issuing member state only, while the actual euro coins (including the €2 commems) are legal tender anywhere in Euroland.</p><p><br /></p><p>And we can easily go even further into the &quot;pseudo coins&quot; category if we look at countries like Liberia that issue precious metal coins featuring pretty much everything you want. Just pay the government, and they will let you mint. Of course nobody in the country will ever get such a piece in everyday use.</p><p><br /></p><p>Talking about pseudo-coins: I just got a dealer&#039;s catalog the other day where a $1 coin from the Cook Islands is offered: &quot;50 Years of Playboy Magazine&quot;. Well, the coin is fairly sober (the colorized Playmate medals are more interesting ...), but I wonder where this &quot;coin&quot; will ever circulate.</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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