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EUROS! I live here, may as well collect 'em.
Darkhorse
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Although finding a medal or coin to impress the pants off the lot of you is gratifying, it's often hard [and stressful] to top myself.
....that may sound pompous but... yeah it is pompous. But after last week's forgery fiasco I decided to cool down for a little while and spend some time collecting some Euros. There's no other coin I want to get here save a Frankfurt Gedenkentaler from the 1860's and they're easy to come by. Plus I want to spend more money on alcohol and these people I've seen with these bumps on their chests.
So I went to the department store to pick up a nice Euro book. Yes, the department stores here sells a lot of coin and stamp accessories as well as coins and stamps themselves (although there's a hugely limited selection without a knowledgeable dealer present).
Collecting Euros seems to be a popular past time here. But what I notice with the albums is that many, many of them look blatantly PVC infested. I bought a nice high quality one worthy of Whitman.
I got home and showed my room mate what I got. Following the typical indifferent "Ach so". I then told her that yes, it is a nerdy hobby. "Genau" she retorted ("Exactly"). Then she said it's a hobby for older parents. I didn't really care since she's one of the top math students in the country and that
pretty much beats me in the nerd category.
Anyway, the main thing is that these albums never come with pages for Monaco, San Marino and The Vatican but are available separately for more serious collectors. Some albums just ignore the three city states outright.
I've gotten everything out of my change except for Italy (which I picked up BU in the department store) so far.
Years and mintmarks are irrelevant for me:
Belgium:
20¢, 1 euro. Both in rough shape.
Germany:
I'll pick up a proof set one day.
Ireland:
2¢. Okay shape.
Spain:
2,10¢. 1 Euro. Circulated.
Greece:
Nil
France:
1,2,5,10,20¢. Circulated.
Italy:
All of 'em. BU.
Luxembourg:
50¢ Rough shape.
Netherlands:
2¢ (BU), 20¢ (Circulated)
Austria:
2¢ (BU), 5¢ (Circulated), 20¢ (Nice shape), 1 euro (Circulated).
Portugal:
Nil
Finland:
Nil
Sanmarinovaticanmonaco:
Nada
....that may sound pompous but... yeah it is pompous. But after last week's forgery fiasco I decided to cool down for a little while and spend some time collecting some Euros. There's no other coin I want to get here save a Frankfurt Gedenkentaler from the 1860's and they're easy to come by. Plus I want to spend more money on alcohol and these people I've seen with these bumps on their chests.
So I went to the department store to pick up a nice Euro book. Yes, the department stores here sells a lot of coin and stamp accessories as well as coins and stamps themselves (although there's a hugely limited selection without a knowledgeable dealer present).
Collecting Euros seems to be a popular past time here. But what I notice with the albums is that many, many of them look blatantly PVC infested. I bought a nice high quality one worthy of Whitman.
I got home and showed my room mate what I got. Following the typical indifferent "Ach so". I then told her that yes, it is a nerdy hobby. "Genau" she retorted ("Exactly"). Then she said it's a hobby for older parents. I didn't really care since she's one of the top math students in the country and that
pretty much beats me in the nerd category.
Anyway, the main thing is that these albums never come with pages for Monaco, San Marino and The Vatican but are available separately for more serious collectors. Some albums just ignore the three city states outright.
I've gotten everything out of my change except for Italy (which I picked up BU in the department store) so far.
Years and mintmarks are irrelevant for me:
Belgium:
20¢, 1 euro. Both in rough shape.
Germany:
I'll pick up a proof set one day.
Ireland:
2¢. Okay shape.
Spain:
2,10¢. 1 Euro. Circulated.
Greece:
Nil
France:
1,2,5,10,20¢. Circulated.
Italy:
All of 'em. BU.
Luxembourg:
50¢ Rough shape.
Netherlands:
2¢ (BU), 20¢ (Circulated)
Austria:
2¢ (BU), 5¢ (Circulated), 20¢ (Nice shape), 1 euro (Circulated).
Portugal:
Nil
Finland:
Nil
Sanmarinovaticanmonaco:
Nada
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Comments
09/07/2006
<< <i>One question about those albums (never hadf one like that, never seen one either, heard of them though). Wouldn't the coins discolour and won't the 'copper' ones go all dull and horrible rather than retaining their full lustre in such albums? >>
No. These Whitman albums are one of the best coin storage systems that I know of. Chances are that the silver coins will tone, but unfortunately there aren't any silver euros.
Phil, I thought your roommate was a coin collector. I'll pick up some Greek ones for you. Unless you want to come and pick them up yourself.
DPOTD-1
I'd like some Greek Euro's
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<< <i>One question about those albums (never hadf one like that, never seen one either, heard of them though). Wouldn't the coins discolour and won't the 'copper' ones go all dull and horrible rather than retaining their full lustre in such albums? >>
No. These Whitman albums are one of the best coin storage systems that I know of. Chances are that the silver coins will tone, but unfortunately there aren't any silver euros.
Phil, I thought your roommate was a coin collector. I'll pick up some Greek ones for you. Unless you want to come and pick them up yourself.
That's a great idea.
Coins in Canada.
Looks like fun, too
My OmniCoin Collection
My BankNoteBank Collection
Tom, formerly in Albuquerque, NM.
As for albums, I did get a Lindner album for euros (so I guess I have two). The euro ones are different from the regular and Karat albums, made to hold one type set per slide, 3 sets per page and side loading. Lindner pages are some sort of plastic, but I don't think it has PVC. I never had problems and I have old red copper and frosty unc silver in my other Lindner brand album.
My wantlist & references
But I don't want to mess with ebay here, nor travel to find a decent coins shop, nor spend large amounts on the kind of coins I like to spend money on.
This seemed like a logical, entertaining, and more cost effective way to waste time. Plus I can resist spending the higher denomination coins.
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No. These Whitman albums are one of the best coin storage systems that I know of. Chances are that the silver coins will tone, but unfortunately there aren't any silver euros. >>
Well that's the problem with them, coins will tone. Probably vile shades of magenta and orange or signal box red.
If it ain't blue/grey it's gotta be white.
Extras available to trade:
Belgium 20eurocents 2000
Finland 50c 1999
Finland $2Euros 2000
France 10c 2001
France 1c 2000
France 5c 1999
France $1Euro 1999
Germany 20c 2002 "D"
Germany 1c, 2c, & 5c 2002 "A"
Greece 10c 2002 "F"
Greece 20c 2002 "E"
Italy 5c 2002
Italy 2c 2002
Italy 20c 2002 (2)
Spain 20c 1999
Spain 10c 1999
Euros needed:
Finland: $1Euro 2002
Finland: 2eurocent 1999
Finland: 1c 2000
France: all 2002-dated denominations except 10c
Netherlands: 10c, 5c, 1c - - all dated 2002
Spain: 20c & 1c 2000
Spain: 1c 2002
PM me with any trade offers, please!!