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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 12039, member: 39&quot;]One caveat, by the way - if your budget is a little tight, stay away from those &quot;collectors coins&quot; that the euro countries make, even if some of them look very attractive and tempting. Unlike the euro circulation coins and the circulating commemoratives, those pieces (mostly silver and gold coins) are legal tender in the issuing country only.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, focus on the 12 euro countries that are European Union members. There are 15 countries that issue euro coins, but the pieces from the three &quot;non-EU-but-euro&quot; countries (Monaco, San Marino, Vatican) are virtually impossible to find in circulation.</p><p><br /></p><p>Maybe you should limit your collection to the 96 different circulation coins (12 countries, 8 coins each). You could add the circulating €2 commems, but forget about different years and, in some cases, different mint marks first. Even for us European collectors it is quite frustrating to learn that certain year/MM combinations are made for (relatively expensive) mint sets only ...</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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