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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 1336151, member: 39&quot;]How well they mix depends on where you are (surprise <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> ). In a rural country town far away from the next euro country, and with hardly any visitors, it will be more difficult to come across coins from other euro countries. In the city where I live, there are &quot;factors&quot; such as trade shows, hotels and an airport, plus Belgium and the Netherlands are not far away. So it is nothing extraordinary to come across &quot;non-German&quot; coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now if I lived in Belgium or Luxembourg for example, the share of &quot;foreigners&quot; in my wallet would be even higher. We do not have border checks here, so it is easy and pretty normal to go back and forth. So most people around here will regularly use Belgian, Dutch, French and/or German pieces. Then there is the issue of relatively small countries, especially when they are far away. How often do I get coins from Finland, Cyprus or Malta? Weeeellll ...</p><p><br /></p><p>But I also think that most people don&#039;t really care. Each circulation coin has one common side and one country specific side (in that regard they are similar to the US state quarters), and if a coin says &quot;50 cent&quot; on one side, and looks and feels like a 50 cent coin, many non-collectors will not even bother checking the other side.</p><p><br /></p><p>This <a href="http://www.eurodiffusie.nl/results/monthly/NL" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.eurodiffusie.nl/results/monthly/NL" rel="nofollow">http://www.eurodiffusie.nl/results/monthly/NL</a> is a website* that shows you how &quot;well mixed&quot; or not the coins are. The results are based on what the members (they have about 200 to 300 &quot;regulars&quot;, mostly Dutch and Belgians) enter. For euro notes there is <a href="http://www.eurobilltracker.com/diffusion/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.eurobilltracker.com/diffusion/" rel="nofollow">http://www.eurobilltracker.com/diffusion/</a> but that is rather a Where&#039;s George type tracking site. Also, due to the pooling system, not every national central bank makes every denomination ...</p><p><br /></p><p><i>* That is the latest statistics for the Netherlands; try &quot;Andere landen&quot; for what was found in other countries, and &quot;Andere maandelijkse metingen&quot; for other monthly results.</i></p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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