Yesterday was the annual school festivity where all classes and courses had to be there. My year had to offer some food and drinks, and as I am in charge of the money, well, I received all the money they made. There were some coins in it, which I am going to report, whether they were already reported, or not:
Found in or near Haarlem (don't remember exactly where) 2€ 2007 EU presidency special.
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Briard wrote:Found 50 cents 2007 J. Is it a normal mint / year for general circulation ? Or the coin come form a set ?
I am not an expert, but as I am living in Germany, and I haven't seen any 50 cent coins with mintage years higher than 2004 (2002 and 2004 are very common), I would say that the coin was not given out in Germany, so it could be a collector's edition .
Briard wrote:Found 50 cents 2007 J. Is it a normal mint / year for general circulation ? Or the coin come form a set ?
I am not an expert, but as I am living in Germany, and I haven't seen any 50 cent coins with mintage years higher than 2004 (2002 and 2004 are very common), I would say that the coin was not given out in Germany, so it could be a collector's edition .
Thanks for your response; the coin is similar to another one of 2002 (not like BU); I thing it running for a moment, coin is not shiny and quite used.
Yes, it's the 1st 50 with new Europa map that I have seen.
Briard wrote:Found 50 cents 2007 J. Is it a normal mint / year for general circulation ? Or the coin come form a set ?
I am not an expert, but as I am living in Germany, and I haven't seen any 50 cent coins with mintage years higher than 2004 (2002 and 2004 are very common), I would say that the coin was not given out in Germany, so it could be a collector's edition .
Indeed! German 50c from 2007 normally only appear in sets. They are quite rare because of their low mintage. (90.000 in BU-sets + 75.000 in Proof-sets)
But Germany is used to mint some surpluses (I don't know why, probably to make sure that they have enough coins to fill the sets), so that's the reason why you sometimes find these coins in circulation.
The only 50c-coins which are minted in high quantities (for circulation) are 2002 (A D F G J), 2003 (D J) and 2004 (A F G).
Briard wrote:Found 50 cents 2007 J. Is it a normal mint / year for general circulation ? Or the coin come form a set ?
I am not an expert, but as I am living in Germany, and I haven't seen any 50 cent coins with mintage years higher than 2004 (2002 and 2004 are very common), I would say that the coin was not given out in Germany, so it could be a collector's edition .
Indeed! German 50c from 2007 normally only appear in sets. They are quite rare because of their low mintage. (90.000 in BU-sets + 75.000 in Proof-sets)
But Germany is used to mint some surpluses (I don't know why, probably to make sure that they have enough coins to fill the sets), so that's the reason why you sometimes find these coins in circulation.
The only 50c-coins which are minted in high quantities (for circulation) are 2002 (A D F G J), 2003 (D J) and 2004 (A F G).
I have seen many new German 50 cent coins in Finland, at least from the years 2007 and 2008. Don't know if I'm just lucky or if we have those in circulation more than Germany. (Don't believe the last sentence)
i'm always happy to find this TOR coin "Pactum Romanum Quinquagenarium"
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千里之行 始于足下, proverbe chinois
اتَّكَلْنا منه على خُصٍّ الاتحاد قوة, proverbe arabe
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