Silver Euro Commemoratives

Hmm, Italy issued such a coin last year
http://www.ecb.int/bc/coins/comm/html/comm_2004.en.html

Christian

 

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In Euroland you will come across two types of "special" coins: Collectors coins and commemorative coins. The former are legal tender in the issuing country only, and their face values, sizes, etc. must differ from the face values of the circulation coins. The latter (€2 pieces) are legal tender in all euro countries, just like the circulation coins.

Most Spanish coins in the "~10" range are actually €10 pieces There are also a few €12 coins, probably because that is roughly 2000 pesetas. Some of the denominations are a little odd indeed, like the 1 1/2 euro coins from France or 8 euro coins from Portugal. Keep in mind, though, that only in very few euro countries (AT, DE, NL) the collectors coins can actually be "bought" at face value. If you have to pay about 30 euro for a Belgian or Italian €10 coin, you'll think twice about putting it in circulation ;-)

Christian

 

Maxima patientia virtus ;-) As far as I know, only very few collectors who had ordered the €2 commem from the UFN have got theirs so far ...

Christian

 

First Post

First of all hello to everyone since i'm new to this forum.
I live in Europe (Gemany to be precise) and have joined to learn more about U.S. Coins (the State Quarters got my attention).
I will be happy to try and answer all questions regarding German and European coins.

Like chrisild said (and i originally posted this when i was still on page one so i didn't see it at first): The Euro commemoratives are legal tender in the country that issues them. There's just one exception: The new 2 Euro circulating commemoratives are legal tender in all European countries.

Also, the French 1/4 Euro & 1-1/2 Euro pieces are not medal-coins.
They are commemorative coins and you have to pay arround 30 Euros for them. Of course no one will go shopping with those, but officialy you could (at least in France).

 

Herzlich willkommen By the way, I am from North Rhine Westphalia, and I collect the SQs as well. Mostly (Western/Central) European coins though ...

Tschüs,
Christian

 

Euro Medal-Coins.

Jens,the French 1/4 Euro & 1-1/2 Euro pieces are medal-coins,as you cannot get them for the face value.A proper coin,as opposed to a medal- coin,is one that is obtainable at the face value,or it can be found in change.Welcome to the board.

Aidan.

 

Hi Aidan.
Meanwhile i looked around some more and found the "Definition of what is a coin"-Thread. I misunderstood the term medal-coin for medal since the term medal-coin was new to me. Is this a common term in US numismatics or an invetion of yours ?

 

Don't think that "medal-coin" is a common expression, but it is kind of convincing ;-) What you will hear/read more often, I think, is terms such as "NCLT" (non-circulating legal tender). A while ago I saw the word "souvenir coin" and liked it ...

Christian

 

That's the term commonly used in numismatic publications, such as Krause, the ANA Numismatist magazine, Coin World, etc.

 

Here's another thread that also brings back a few memories.

Aidan.