Foreign coinage!

azezil · 12-03-2002 12:44pm #1

anyone gotten any non-Irish €uros? i got a few german one's last weekend :cool:

Dr. Loon · 12-03-2002 12:45pm

Originally posted by azezil
anyone gotten any non-Irish €uros? i got a few german one's last weekend :cool:

Yeah... German, French and Dutch I think

Occidental · 12-03-2002 12:52pm

All the French, a few German and a few Spanish.

Rolo Tomasi · 12-03-2002 12:55pm

One thing people should watch out for is old European coins, ie the old 10 F coin looks the exact same as the €1 coin.

Got burned with 2 of them last weekend in pubs in Dublin.

Bastards!

The Sweeper · 12-03-2002 12:57pm

I reckon it's only a matter of time before the whole lot's interchangeable. I've got some German and some Spanish, but only the one or two euro coins, nothing smaller.

Victor · 12-03-2002 1:02pm

Originally posted by Minesajackdaniels
I reckon it's only a matter of time before the whole lot's interchangeable.

They have always been interchangeable, hence the term 'common currency'.

I got a Belgian 20c coin, meant to keep it, but, eh, it got spent.

I'm surprised how many countries don't have the country name on them. I think it's only us, Luxembourg, The Netherlands and France that do.

ayatollah · 12-03-2002 1:18pm

i got this one but was suffering withdrawl symptoms in work from lack of nicotine - so into the machine she went!!

it was the italian 2 euro coin - cool huh!?!?!

ayatollah · 12-03-2002 1:22pm

sorry to double post but - if you come across these - dont spend them - evidently there rare:

the vatican coins (EUR 2 coin featured )

and

Saint Martin coins

both are pretty destinctive - so hand on to them if you get any - you could sell them on ebay!!?!!?!

click her to find out more!!

sceptre · 12-03-2002 7:03pm

Got a few Austrian ones today

b20uvkft6m5xwg · 13-03-2002 12:08am

The Conquistadores must be up to their old tricks again...
Hence the 5 Spanish coins I just found in my jacket!!

And they have the 1999 date stamp as well-
if you remember that confused a Dublin bus Driver who wouldn;t let some poor fella onto the bus 'cos he thought they were forgeries !!

Dr. Loon · 13-03-2002 11:36am

Originally posted by Victor

I'm surprised how many countries don't have the country name on them. I think it's us Luxembourg, The Netherlands and France.

We do have our name on there!!

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See... Eire

Blade · 14-03-2002 4:18pm

We've a shop here and we've got pretty much every coin from all the countries.

Victor · 15-03-2002 2:02pm

Originally posted by Dr. Loon
We do have our name on there!!See... Eire

Tell us something we don't already know!

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Blade · 15-03-2002 4:06pm

Originally posted by Dr. Loon

We do have our name on there!!

See... Eire

He never said we didn't? Givus a bit of that stuff your smoking lately Dr.Loon will ya.

Dr. Loon · 15-03-2002 4:27pm

Originally posted by Blade

He never said we didn't? Givus a bit of that stuff your smoking lately Dr.Loon will ya.

Am I insane or are you right?

I'm surprised how many countries don't have the country name on them. I think it's us Luxembourg, The Netherlands and France.

Does that word in bold there not say us? The sentence again is "I think it's us Luxembourg, The Netherlands and France, and the subject of the statement is how many countries don't have their name on them!!?!?

Well, someone tell me, am I insane?

Victor · 15-03-2002 5:00pm

'tis Ok, we are all a bit mad anyway, sure.

The Gopher · 15-03-2002 6:24pm

Ive got a German coin with an eagle on the back and a spainish coin with somebody who I think is Magellan.

azezil · 18-03-2002 6:05pm

just got one, no country of origin specified, has this image on the back of it. I suppose it's Italian.

18-03-2002 10:14pm

Gladly donated some of my Irish ones in Italy and brought some of theirs back.
mm

Baz_ · 19-03-2002 9:37am

Originally posted by azezil
just got one, no country of origin specified, has this image on the back of it. I suppose it's Italian.

tis italian alright, oh and doctor loon I think your man meant that them countries have their countries names on the coins, gramatically it was confusing but if you take for granted that he would have known that Ireland coins have the country name on it, the rest falls into place.

eclectichoney · 19-03-2002 7:17pm

iv come across a good few in work (bookshop) and i think i have some from every country except luxembourg, portugal, greece and finland. the german eagle €2 are pretty cool with the writing around the side of it where there are normally just stars and 2's (i think!!)

azezil · 22-03-2002 3:18pm

I just got one with a big ass bird on it! where's that from

The Corinthian · 24-03-2002 11:28am

Originally posted by Baz_
tis italian alright, oh and doctor loon I think your man meant that them countries have their countries names on the coins, gramatically it was confusing but if you take for granted that he would have known that Ireland coins have the country name on it, the rest falls into place.

The Italian and French coins have 'RI' and 'RF' on them, if you look, denoting "Republica Italiana" and "Republic Frances" respectively.

The most rare are likely to be those from the principalities - the Vatican, San Marino, Andorra, Monaco and (after a fashion) Luxembourg.

ayatollah: FYI, the chap on the Italian 2 Euro coin you had is Dante Alighieri, who wrote 'La Divina Comedia' (the Devine Comedy).

azezil: The 'Big Ass Bird' is the German Eagle. Looks more like a turkey to me, though...

Foreign coinage!

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