2002 coins

[androl]

tell us about your rare findings of 2002 coins from Finland, Netherland, Belgium, France, Spain

I found a 50c 2002, this is my first one of them ever found.

so I found these coins in circulation:
2€, 50c, 20c, 10c, 5c
2€, 1€, 50c, 20c, 10c, 5c, 1c
2€, 1€, 50c, 20c, 2c
2€, 1€, 50c, 20c*2 (different size of the stars)
1€, 50c, 20c, 5c

[JP Simões]

A quick look at my archive tells me:

None
€2, 20c, 10c, 1c
€2, €1, 20c
€2, 50c
20c

[aplfi]

1€, 50c, 20c, 5c

androl

I gave you 2002 2€ in Nürnberg. I hope you haven't lost it because it is quite rare.

[androl]

1€, 50c, 20c, 5c

androl

I gave you 2002 2€ in Nürnberg. I hope you haven't lost it because it is quite rare.

Hi aplfi, nice to see you in this topic, I waited for you Of course I still have it, I thought of listing this coin, then I remembered I have it from you, and so it wasn't me who found it in circulation, so I waited for you to post this coin

[eddydevries]

I've got an €2-coin from , so it has come to NL.

[svendowney]

2€, 1€
2€, 1€, 50c, 10c, 5c
2€, 1€, 10c, 5c
2€

[androl]

I am still missing 2c 2002
(I have all the other 7 from )

[Ladybug74]

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[Jes]

You can note all the 2002 Spanish ones. You can still find them among us in circulation... except the 2 cents and 5 cents which are impossible. (However, I got them in my gollection )

[Ladybug74]

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[maarsy]

well some banks choose to call 1999 , 2000 , 2001 and 2002 all 2002 and some of the years migt stil be stocked in the banks and not out for circulation yet ( im stil recieving rolls of unc 2001 coins )

[R/J]

I have a question: Is there any reason why I found so many 2002 coins, but not so often coins of other years? I guess 75 % of my change is from 2002.

Better put: in some countries the year on the coin is the year of minting, in some it's the year they're put (or perhaps should be put) in circulation. For a euro changeover, of course, lots of coins are needed, and since coins last longer than banknotes, most coins in circulation might well be from the first euro years (=2002).

[Ladybug74]

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[androl]

I have these coins in my collection:

20 cent, 5 cent, 2 cent, 1 cent
50 cent, 20 cent, 10 cent
20 cent, 5 cent

and what is with
10 cent, 50 cent, 2 euro, 1 euro
5 cent, 2 cent, 1 cent, 2 euro, 1 euro
and the other coins from 2002 are also findable, I can't imagine that you have never had any of them
and remember that the coins from 2002 have 2 different versions, with or without the EFS letters

Is there any reason why I found so many 2002 coins, but not so often coins of other years? I guess 75 % of my change is from 2002.

with German coins, there are big differences in the denominations
percentages of 2002 coins in circulation
1c: 42%
2c: 31%
5c: 50%
10c: 93%
20c: 61%
50c: 85%
1€: 85%
2€: 66%

[Ladybug74]

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