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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 5240, member: 39&quot;]Thanks for the explanation. Well, the German coins minted in Hamburg and those minted in Munich must be even worse then, since the only difference is a tiny little mint mark ...</p><p><br /></p><p>And from my point of view - I live in the state of North Rhine Westphalia, and am in nearby Belgium/Netherlands fairly often - those &quot;different countries&quot; are pretty much a thing of the past. I don&#039;t expect people there to be Germans, of course, or vice versa, but if you live or travel around here, you will notice that the old national borders are, in many regards, like state lines in the US nowadays. (FWIW, from here Amsterdam, Brussels and even Paris are closer than &quot;our&quot; federal capital Berlin. Guess that also influences my perception.)</p><p><br /></p><p>The euro coins reflect this situation fairly well, I think: On one hand/side they symbolize the Union, on the other one they reflect the diversity of the member states. As for the UK, it is pretty safe to say it will not join the currency union, but then again I do not really care whether it does or not. As I wrote, had any of the member states &quot;around here&quot; stayed out, now that would bug me ...</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Agreed, such older coins can be fascinating, and even more so in a country with such a long continuous tradition (currency wise and in a few other regards). Well, I started as a collector of plain regular circulation coins ... and I&#039;m still stuck with contemporary stuff. Oddly enough, I like much of that stuff ;-)</p><p><br /></p><p>(Hope we don&#039;t deter the OP by taking this so far ...)</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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