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Couple of weeks ago I found 50c 2008 San Marino coin. And today 50c 2011 from Vatican - first Vatican coin from circulation for me! :-) Both found in Kranj :flag-si: .
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Two years ago I received as exchange my first 50-cent from Vatican City, and three days ago... my wife got a second one! :D
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giulcenc wrote:Two years ago I received as exchange my first 50-cent from Vatican City, and three days ago... my wife got a second one! :D
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Nice ... never found this one. BTW, your's are 1x 2011, 1x 2012 :) .
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I've found :flag-fi: Finnish 1 cent coin (2005) some time ago from parking lot of a gas station. It's quite rare, at least because we don't use 1 and 2 cent coins in Finland. I have also :flag-ie: Irish 1 cent coin from the year 2007, and it's maybe quite rare too :D
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(I guess this goes here.)

Recently I found a €2 San Marino coin. And to think I almost spent it without looking at it.
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Bought in San Marino... I don't know if these coins are real of fake. Probably real :wink:
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Of course these coins are real!
But the set isn't an official BU-set issued by the AASFN (Mint of San Marino). It's a self-made set consisting of (less rare) Sammarinese coins from different years.
However it's a very nice souvenir, Philgelico! :D
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yes, MaxVR, and a souvenir of a wonderful "mini-meeting" day with a very nice friend "mico" , from Pesaro ! :)
And, well, San Marino could be a wonderful place for a EBT International Meeting in the future !!! Why not ??
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Today I got from of circulation very rare coin in excellent quality. (I found in my Town) :D :lol: 8)
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I live in Ireland, and from what I've been told, Irish coins are quite rare outside of Ireland. We're always asked for a set when we visit relatives on the continent.

I have the complete sets of the 12 original countries, though I had to buy the Finnish 1c and 2c coins. I have never seen any Estonian or Latvian coins in circulation over here so far.
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kumorifox wrote: I have never seen any Estonian or Latvian coins in circulation over here so far.
That's interesting. I thought there were quite a lot of Latvians and Estonians living in Ireland?

I have a few coins that I will bring to Ireland on my visit in early October. Who knows, they may end up in your wallet after a while.
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Last week i've got a 2011 Monaco 2€ coin..... It's my very first Monaco coin ever ! :D
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Hi all :D

Yesterday I found one rare coins in circulation in our country ( :flag-sk: ).
Finland ( :flag-fi: ) 2006 100th anniv. Reform of Parliament. very very good condition. 8)
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Fredrik wrote:
kumorifox wrote: I have never seen any Estonian or Latvian coins in circulation over here so far.
That's interesting. I thought there were quite a lot of Latvians and Estonians living in Ireland?

I have a few coins that I will bring to Ireland on my visit in early October. Who knows, they may end up in your wallet after a while.
Took 3 years for first :flag-ee: coin to reach my pocket, so I guess it will be same with :flag-lv: , or hopefully a bit less, as there are direct flights to Riga and a lot of Latvians in Ireland
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Got a :flag-nl: 1 cent coin as change yesterday. That was a long time since last time that happened.
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