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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 1164226, member: 39&quot;]Don&#039;t expect to find any treasures. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> There are a few error pieces, such as the German &quot;radial stars&quot; variety (2002 only) or the French &quot;wrong&quot; edge of the 10 ct 1999 coin. Some of the Irish and Portuguese €2 coins dated 2002 have a Dutch edge inscription. The Spanish €2 commem of 2007 came in two types - small stars on the obverse (more common) and big stars (somewhat rare). Portugal €2 2008: about 100,000 were produced with the wrong (old) map.</p><p><br /></p><p>Then there are a few (very few) Italian coins dated 1999; those were destroyed at the mint. Since none of the pieces left the mint &quot;legally&quot;, the Italian government is the rightful owner of any piece that turns up &quot;in the wild&quot;. If you have any of those, don&#039;t tell anybody. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>As for catalogs, sure, there are several. The Schön (in German), paperback style, now has more than 800 pages because of all those regional collector coins ... Not sure what is available in English; Leuchtturm/Lighthouse makes one, I think.</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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