Is there much of a market for early Euro coins?

DBSTrader2

Starting back in 1999, when the first Euro coins were distributed, I was deep in my "1-per-country" collecting phase, and I thought it might be fun to try for a "1-per-denomination-per-mintmark-per-year-per-country" set of Euro coins (1cent, 2cent, 5cent, 10cent, 20cent, 50cent, 1 Euro, & 2 Euro) as well.

I didn't go after any special/limited releases from any other countries at the time.

So I started collecting for the years 1999 thru 2002, coming up with the following:

Austria: All 8 coins dated 2002.

Belgium: All 13 coins minted/circulated between 1999-2002, plus 1 2003 5cent.

Finland: 20 out of the 22 available minted/circulated between 1999-2002.

France: All 8 coins dated 1999. All 8 coins dated 2000. All 8 coins dated 2001. All 3 available minted/circulated coins dated 2002.

Germany: All 8 coins dated 2002 with each of the following mintmarks: A, D, F, G, & J (40 coins total), plus a 2003-D 20cent coin.

Greece: All 8 2002 coins minted/circulated with no mintmark, plus all 8 2002's with either the E, F, or S mintmarks, plus 1 $2 Euro 2004 Olympics coin (discus-thrower). (17 coins total)

Ireland: All 8 coins dated 2002.

Italy: All 8 coins dated 2002.

Luxembourg: All 8 coins dated 2002.

Netherlands: All 8 coins dated 1999. All 8 coins dated 2000. All 8 coins dated 2001. All 5 available minted/circulated coins dated 2002. Plus 1 2003 1cent. (30 coins total)

Portugal: All 8 coins dated 2002

Spain: All 8 coins each, dated 1999 & 2001. 7 out of 8 coins dated 2000. All 5 available minted/circulated coins dated 2002. Plus 2 2003 5cent coins. (30 coins total)


All told, there are 220 coins, with a face value = just under $110euro.


My interest has waned in this area, and I was just curious as to whether such a collection might be worth more than the approx. $110 Euro face value, or the best way to otherwise spend/cash-in the collection of coins (since most banks/airports only seem to handle currency), and use the money towards something else.

Any thoughts or suggestions?

Thanks!

- - Dave

YQQ

as nice as they may be...I would spend them.

mdwoods

I'd look on ebay and see what the market is for these. Some of the earlier ones are probably collectible already.