2003 coins

[Olivier]

A lot more lively, in Mississauga I lived in a area which was very unnoticed and I had to adopt to a new lifestyle out here, the sights here are beautiful but I do miss the big house and the quietness of where I live.

Courage, allez !!

[nodisch18]

Today I got two belgium 0,20E coins from 2003!!

[eurobillsandcoins]

I recieved at our branch the other day a 2003 "A" 2€ coin from one of my tellers.

[Tiger]

Today I got two belgium 0,20E coins from 2003!!

2 days ago I also got one. Sent to me by bhoeyb!

[Schaza]

Anybody who want swap some 2003 coins to Finnish coins between 1999 and 2002 (2003 isn't circulated yet), please visit:

http://koti.mbnet.fi/~hjarvi/

...and send me your offer with feedback-form.

I'm collecting euros, and i need all 2003 coins except Belgian 20 cent.

[Fons]

I stll didn't got ANY 2003 coin.

[eurobillsandcoins]

Anybody who want swap some 2003 coins to Finnish coins between 1999 and 2002 (2003 isn't circulated yet), please visit:

http://koti.mbnet.fi/~hjarvi/

...and send me your offer with feedback-form.

I'm collecting euros, and i need all 2003 coins except Belgian 20 cent.

I saw 2003 Finnish euros on ebay. I even saw one in circulation here, It was a 2003 2€ piece. Very nice shape. Some other rare euro coins were the the Belgian 2002 1€ piece which even Belgians saw very few of. I saw some but they are rare.

[Schaza]

Really?

You have seen 2003 coins circulating there?!? Funny, because i haven't seen any in Finland.

But, nice to hear, because then they are moving in here too, but i haven't got any... yet.

Anybody founded 2003 notes? I dont'...

[Aaron]

Also I'm glad we don't use those 1c and 2c coins here in Finland. I think the value of euro should have been set higher originally so that the smallest coins would have had some kind of value. The problem is that people are no longer used to high currencies.

Just think about the value of sterling in 1920's... you could buy a new car for 200 quid. One pound was 20 shillings, one shilling was 12 pence and one penny was 4 farthings. Also 1/3 and 1/4 farthing coins were used, and you could buy goodies or something by them. On the top of that, five shillings were one crown and 21 shillings (i.e. a pound and a shilling) were one guinea. One pound was a lot of money but nowadays people don't want to count pennies as they'd think they are poor.

I also think that the name of the currency should have been some REAL currency name. We have a long tradition of different currencies here in Europe. It could have been taler, shilling, ducat, forint or something like that instead. Is it so that it would have been too difficult for European people to accept the new currency if their old enemy had had a currency with the same name...?

[Donald]

A former intention was to call the European currency "Franc", a name which has been used once in a while in nearly every EU country's history. Finally it came out that it would hurt the Spaniards if they got confronted with "Francos" again.

[bhoeyb]

At the moment, there are also Spanish 1E 2003 coins in circulation.

[Fons]

Yesterday I got my first 2003 coin
It was a 2 cent from the Netherlands.

[Fons]

Yesterday I got my first 2003 coin
It was a 2 cent from the Netherlands.

And today I got a second 2003 coin from a shop, also a 2 cent from NL.

[micro]

Yesterday I got my first 2003 coin
It was a 2 cent from the Netherlands.

Today I got my first 2003 coin. Actually 3 coins!!! All 2 cent coins with a J (minted in my home town).

[bugi]

Yesterday, I've received my first 2003 coin at a shop. It was a Belgian 20c.
Who has found more? I've heard about 2003 2c from The Netherlands and 2003 20c from Germany.

There are Coins 2003 of Austria: 2 Euro; 20 Cent; 5 Cent - if anyone meeds one - Mail me at bugi1976@hotmail.com
I also have the new Austria EUR 5,-- Silver Coin 2003 and EUR 10,-- Silver Coin