How well do you know your Euros? Try to name the countries that match the 1 Euro coins. Some will be easy, others not easy. No cheating, Santa is watching. The last one is the most difficult. A lucky guess will be needed. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T
I'm good through "M" but after that I don't think I have got in change before except "P" once or twice.
OMG! I forgot, there is a prize for the winning entry. There is a 1 in 19 chance in getting T correct, but look at what you will win! A complete set of Canadian coinage. All circulated by Canadian and American hands. The cent is sure to be a collectors item since Canada is doing away with them. All are guaranteed to be authentic. As far as the grades, you be the judge. With the new P_G_ grading standards as evidenced by recent MS65s, they should all grade at least MS. You will get these exact coins. If not happy, too bad, no returns accepted. I do not ship to China. Shipping limited to the Continental US. To make it even more exciting I will also include a 1973 Canadian Mounted Police commemorative quarter. You will have hours of fun counting the beads to see if you have the 120 or the 134 bead variety. And since this is a Euro contest, an actual 20 Cent, that's right, I said 20 Cent euro from Erie. Have fun
Most of them say the name of the country somewhere so that does make it easier somewhat. I think I know all but D, S and T.
You do realize on most of these the country's name is already on it right? A. Austria B. Belgium C. France D. Finland E. Germany F. Greece G. Ireland H. Italy I. Luxembourg J. Netherlands/Holland K. Portugal L. Spain M. Slovenia N. Cyprus O. Malta P. Slovakia Q. San Marino R. Vatican City S. Estonia T. Can't identify; the picture is of the reverse that all 1 Euro coins share That's all of them except for T (which isn't identifiable with the picture you have of it).
Read the rules,"A lucky guess will be needed". "There is a 1 in 19 chance in getting T correct":devil: Supposed to be fun, who knows, you could be the winner. If no one guess it correctly, I'll add clues until someone does. You actually have a better chance of winning than guessing how much is in Detecto's coin bag.
Thought the spirit of the contest was a test of knowledge, not of luck in guessing lol... I know all of the others, anything I sad for T would be a wild guess. If I had to employ any logic to try to make an educated guess, I'd say Monaco, as it's the only country that mints Euro coins that wasn't one of the other 19 you can positively identify from the pictures. Poland is a EU member but they haven't adopted the Euro yet; Sweden and UK are EU members but have opted out of adopting the Euro. So I know it's not them. I suppose you could have posted a repeat, but if you didn't process of elimination would make it Monaco.
First Clue: All of the Euros have the same reverse, therefore T has to be the reverse of one of the 19 coins shown. Second Clue: T was not one of the original 12 countries to join. Third Clue: Unfortunatly, I don't have a Monaco set. Yet.
That actually narrows it down to six (technically 12 countries are considered the official first adopters, but since San Marino and Vatican City had their "currency" pegged to the Italian Lira, their de facto adoption of the Euro happened the same time as Italy). Only leaves Greece, Slovenia, Cyprus, Malta, Slovakia, and Estonia. I'm not that good at guessing games, but what the heck, Greece? Would probably be the easiest of these 6 to acquire.
Since Troodon seems to be the only entry and Dallas vs. Steelers starts in 1 hour, I will end the contest at 3:10 pm. my time. If no one guesses he wins by default.
Well, it's 3:12, time to watch the Cowboys take on the Steelers. Should be a good game. My first contest. Next time the rules will be easier. Even thought I thought everyone could have figured out this was a guessing game. Troodon is winner by default. PM me with your address and I will mail you your great gifts. BTW, the correct answer was Cyprus. Of course I could have made that up. But I didn't. I thought perhaps there would be more interest in circulating Euro coins. I have managed to put together complete un-circulated sets from all of the above 19 countries. Monaco is out of reach for the time being, but one of these days.
When it comes to single coins, Monaco is not really expensive. You can get single coins, such as the €1 piece, from there at "one-digit" euro prices. Sets are much more expensive of course, as they don't make many. As for the interest in euro coins, don't worry. People like me who are in the euro area may have decided to stay out partly because of the "Shipping limited to the Continental US" rule regarding the prizes, but mostly because it would be unfair. Heck, I use those euro coins every day. Thank you for that contest anyway! Nice idea, but I suppose that euro coinage is not exactly what CTers are interested in. So maybe you could try a quiz about British or Canadian coins next time ... Christian
Thanks, Christian. Maybe I'll have to put the Monaco set together one coin at a time. I would like to have a matched set but $$$. Believe it or not the Vatican 1 Euro came from a mint set with mint packaging and coa. I never looked at it closely until I took the photo. Horrors, a rim mark on the face! I took that coin straight from the mint packaging and carefully placed in the Dansco. It had to be on there from the mint. I would have thought the mint standards in Europe would be higher than ours. Guess this is a world wide problem. The San Marino is also a mint set, the rest are pulled from circulation, all un-circulated. British and Canadian too easy, maybe South America. Mike
First Euro coins I ever saw by dad brought back from a trip to Germany. Mostly German coinage obviously, but he did have a few from Belgium and Spain mixed in. I don't concentrate on these much but may think of putting together a set some time for the heck of it. My favorite one of any of them is the Greek Euro coin, with the owl tetradrachm. I don't rule out collecting anything lol...
If there is any interest, I will be happy to post photos of the entire sets. All or any country or denomination you like. The Euros come in 1,2,5,10,20,50 cents, 1 and 2 Euros. Ask if you like to see anything. Troodon has listed the 19 countries.
