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The 2005 coin + from Germany, both Dutch coins, and Italian coin were all new for me. + The other 2 NIFCs and microstate were duplicates, but great finds + nonetheless. + } + ]) + + __entry([02-10-2023], [ + p {- + So Saturday (30@sup{-th} of September, 2023) was the first ever + ‘official’ meetup of the Euro-Coins Discord Server. It was a really + great experience, and guys came from all over Europe to meet up. + During the meet we exchanged coin rolls and did some trades, and I + have @em{-a lot} of new stuff to add to the site! I’d love to credit + each person individually, but there was just a lot of people and it’s + hard to track exactly what came from whom. + } + + p {- + Starting off with banknotes, I got 9 new ones! They were: Spain €5 + (Europa; Lagarde), Portugal €10 (Europa; Lagarde), Spain €10 + (Europa; Lagarde), Austria €20 (Europa Testnote; Draghi), Germany + €20 (Europa Testnote; Draghi), Austria €50 (2002; Duisenberg), + Austria €100 (Europa Testnote; Draghi), Germany €100 (2002; + Trichet), and Italy €100 (Europa; Draghi). + } + + p {- + With the above banknotes, I now have all Europa banknotes for both €5 + and €100, and I have some testnotes for the first time! + } + + p {- + Next, moving on to the standard issue coins, I got a whopping 154 new + dates for my collection, with 8 of those being NIFCs! They are as + follows: Austria 1c (2003), Austria 5c (2006, 2009), Austria 20c + (2006, 2010), Belgium 2c (2003, 2010), Germany 1c (2004 A, 2004 G, + 2005 D, 2005 F, 2007 F, 2007 G, 2008 A, 2008 J, 2010 A, 2010 D, + 2010 F, 2010 J, 2013 F, 2013 J, 2015 A, 2015 F, 2017 D, 2017 G, + 2017 J, 2019 F, 2019 J, 2020 A, 2020 G, 2023 G), Germany 2c (2002 F, + 2003 D, 2003 F, 2004 J, 2005 J, 2006 G, 2007 D, 2007 G, 2007 J, + 2008 F, 2008 G, 2010 G, 2010 J, 2011 G, 2012 A, 2012 F, 2012 J, + 2013 F, 2013 J, 2014 D, 2014 F, 2014 G, 2015 J, 2016 A, 2018 A, + 2018 G, 2019 G, 2019 J, 2020 F, 2022 G, 2023 J), Germany 5c (2008 G, + 2023 D, 2023 F), Germany 20c (2005 D, 2014 D, 2017 F, 2017 G), + Germany €2 (2023 F), Spain 1c (2001), Spain 2c (2003, 2006, 2008, + 2012, 2016), Spain 10c (2013, 2023), Spain 20c (2004), Spain €1 + (2023), Finland €1 (2007, 2011), Finland €2 (2013), France 1c (2015), + France 2c (2000, 2006, 2008, 2013, 2015), France 5c (2021), France + 20c (2017, 2022), France €2 (2004 @em{-NIFC Proof}, 2006 @em{-NIFC}), + Greece 5c (2002 F, 2021), Greece 50c (2006), Greece €1 (2004), + Ireland €2 (2009), Italy 2c (2012), Italy 5c (2015), Italy 10c + (2015), Italy 20c (2003, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2015, 2017), Italy €2 + (2023), Lithuania 1c (2015), Lithuania 10c (2017), Monaco 20c (2002), + Monaco 50c (2002), Monaco €2 (2003), Malta 1c (2008, 2019), Malta 2c + (2013, 2015, 2018, 2020, 2022), Malta 10c (2016, 2017, 2020), Malta + €2 (2016), Netherlands 2c (2015 @em{-NIFC}), Netherlands 5c (2004 + @em{-NIFC}), Netherlands €2 (2007 @em{-NIFC}), Portugal €1 (2020), + Portugal €2 (2005, 2006), Slovenia 1c (2009, 2020), Slovenia 5c + (2019), Slovenia 10c (2022), Slovakia 2c (2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, + 2020), Slovakia 5c (2017), Slovakia €2 (2022), San Marino 10c (2007 + @em{-NIFC}), San Marino 50c (2002), San Marino €2 (2005 @em{-NIFC}), + Vatican City 5c (2005 @em{-NIFC}), and Vatican City 20c (2005 Sede + Vacante @em{-NIFC}). + } + + p {- + Finally, on to the commemorative coins. In total there were 17 new + commemoratives with 1 of them being an NIFC! They are as follows: + Belgium 2014 (Red Cross), Belgium 2020 (Year of Plant Health), Belgium + 2022 (Erasmus Programme), Belgium 2022 (Heathcare in COVID-19), + Estonia 2022 (Erasmus Programme), Germany 2015 G (German + Reunification), Germany 2023 G (Hamburg), Lithuania 2018 (Song & Dance + Celebration), Lithuania 2022 (Basketball), Lithuania 2022 (Suvalkija), + Luxembourg 2021 (Royal Marriage; @em{-Photo}), Malta 2017 (The Peace), + Portugal 2022 (Erasmus Programme), Slovenia 2011 (Franc Rozman-Stane), + Slovenia 2022 (Erasmus Programme), Spain 2023 (Cáceres), and Vatican + City 2005 (World Youth Day; @em{-NIFC}). + } + + p {- + @strong{-UPDATE:} I opened some Austrian 50c rolls I got at the + meetup and got Germany 2022 D, which is a new date for me. I also + opened a 5c Luxembourgish roll I traded for. It yielded me with two + new dates in the form of Luxembourg 2022 and 2023! + } + ]) + + __entry([26-09-2023], [ + p {- + Today I got a bunch of rolls for the upcoming Euro coins meetup in + Frankfurt. I also got a few €2 rolls for myself, and I only got one + new find. It was a stellar find though! I got an NL 2006 NIFC, but + it was also a proof! That brings the mintage to just 3,500. I now + have the 2006 NIFC coin in both the proof and regular varieties, both + from circulation! + } + ]) + + __entry([22-09-2023], [ + p {- + After my recent trip to Greece, one of my friends decided to pay me + back in all 5c coins. Due to financial reasons he didn’t pay me all + in one go, but he did give me €200 (80 rolls) in 5c coins. It took a + long time to go through all of them, but the end result was 26 new + was definitely a good hunt to fill in some of the missing dates! + coins. There were no NIFCs, microstates, or insane finds, but it + } + + p {- + The new dates are: Belgium (2022), France (2012, 2018, 2022), + Germany (2006 A, 2006 F, 2006 J, 2008 D, 2008 F, 2009 J, 2011 F, + 2011 G, 2014 A, 2017 G, 2018 F, 2019 D), Greece (2009), Italy (2005, + 2014, 2017, 2019, 2020), Netherlands (2023), Slovakia (2019, 2020), + and Spain (2002) + } + ]) + + __entry([13-09-2023], [ + p {- + Today I did an in-person swap with Dekzwabber from the + @a + href="https://discord.com/invite/dM3rHy4ANk" + target="_blank" + {-Euro Coins discord server}. As his part of the swap, he provided + me with Luxembourg €2 2023, with the mintmark of the Koninklijke + Nederlandse Munt. It’s the more common of the two varieties, but I + now have both varieties! He also gave me a 2002 €20 note from + Finland bearing the signature of Jean-Claude Trichet. + } + ]) + + __entry([07-09-2023], [ + p {- + Turns out I forgot one roll of 10c coins in my bag from my previous + hunt. I opened it up at work and got two new finds in the form of + Belgium 2019 and Germany 2017 (D). + } + ]) + + __entry([04-09-2023], [ + p {- + I did a quick hunt of 10c coins today. Not much to report back but I + did get two new coins in the form of Portugal 2008 and Finland 2001. + } + ]) + + __entry([02-09-2023], [ + p {- + Two updates today. I just got back from Greece and there was another + letter in the mail. This time I got 4 new commemorative coins from + Portugal. They are: 2009 @em{-EMU}, 2009 @em{-Lusophony Games}, 2010 + @em{-Portuguese Republic}, and 2011 @em{-Fernão Mendes Pinto}. + } + + p {- + I also added 2017 @em{-150 Years of Public Security} to the site + since it was in my collection, but missing from here. + } + ]) + + __entry([19-08-2023], [ + p {- + Just a short update. In preparation for my upcoming trip to Greece I + passed by an ATM to get some more cash. I managed to get a hold of 3 + more €50 notes from the 2002 series. Of those 3, one of them was a + Slovak note with the signature of Draghi, a new note for the + collection. + } + ]) + + __entry([18-08-2023], [ + p {- + I did another large hunt today. This time it was 40 rolls of €2 + coins. It ended up being super disappointing actually with only 2 + new finds, but 2 new finds nonetheless. The new finds were Finland + 2011 and Luxembourg 2023 (MdP). + } + ]) + + __entry([17-08-2023], [ + p {- + I did a massive 40 roll hunt of 50c coins today! I somehow did not + destroy my back transporting them by bike from the withdrawal machine + to home. It was a long hunt with some pretty nice finds! For the + microstates I got Andorra 2020 and Vatican City 2017; both duplicates + for me however. I also got Netherlands 2005 (x3) and 2006 (x4) + bringing me to 7 more Dutch NIFCs, but I also already have those. As + for actually new coins I managed to get Finland 2003, Ireland 2015, + and France 2004! The French coin is now my first NIFC French coin + ever! + } + ]) + + __entry([16-08-2023], [ + p {- + Today I did a nice big hunt of 20 rolls of 10c coins. It was pretty + disappointing with only 2 common finds, but they are 2 finds + nonetheless. The first was Austria 2005, the last Austrian 10c coin + I need besides the elusive 2003 NIFC. The second was Spain 2002; not + sure how I didn’t have that already. + } + + p {- + In more interesting news, I got some more mail today. This time I got + Monaco €1 2007 @em{-without the mintmark}. Super happy to add this + to the collection seeing as it has a mintage of @em{-under 3,000}! I + still need the mintmark variety though which still wont be easy with + its 97,000 mintage. + } + ]) + + __entry([15-08-2023], [ + p {- + Today I did a quick €1 coin hunt and got 5 new finds. The finds + were: Austria 2005, Germany 2003 (F), Ireland 2004, Italy 2004, and + Spain 2021. With the new Austrian and German finds I now have all + the Austrian- and German €1 coins that are intended for circulation. + } + ]) + + __entry([12-08-2023], [ + p {- + Just a quick update since it’s super late. Did a 20 roll hunt today + of 50c coins. I managed to get two new finds, a 2022 (G) and 2022 + (J) from Germany. I also managed to get another @em{-5} 2006 50c + coins from the Netherlands adding to my growing pile of Dutch NIFCs. + The only new coins however were my German finds. + } + ]) + + __entry([08-08-2023], [ + p {- + I did another big hunt today. This time it was 20 rolls of 50c coins + and 10 rolls of €2 coins. Not much new found, only Ireland 2013 and + Portugal 2005 (both 50c). I did find 4 duplicate NIFCs though! All + 4 of them were Netherlands 2006 50c. + } + ]) + + __entry([04-08-2023], [ + p {- + Today was yet another mail day. This was one that I’ve been planning + for a while but never managed to properly execute, so I’m happy it’s + here! This swap had a bunch of world coins in it but also 2 new euro + coins for my collection. + } + + p {- + The two new additions were 50c 2018 from San Marino, and 20c 2018 + from Luxembourg. A new microstate is always welcome, and the + Luxembourg coin has a mintage of only 50,000! + } + ]) + + __entry([03-08-2023], [ + p {- + I did a 10 roll hunt of €2 coins today and got 3 new finds! I got + the German 2021 (D) coin which is one of the few German €2 dates I + still missed. I also very spectacularly got ‘Estonian Independence’ + from Estonia, completing the 2018 Estonian commemoratives, and I also + got ‘Grand Duchess Charlotte’ from Luxembourg! A spectacular find + that completes the 2019 commemoratives for me! + } + ]) + + __entry([01-08-2023], [ + p {- + I got another letter in the mail today — this time from Zafeiris on + the @a href="https://discord.com/invite/dM3rHy4ANk" + {-Euro Coins discord server}. I got 4 news coins! Two of them are €2 + standard issues and the other 2 are commemoratives. + } + + p {- + The standard issue coins are: Greece 2003 and Italy 2016. + } + + p {- + The commemorative issue coins are: ‘Constitution’ and ‘Domenikos + Theotokopoulos’, both from Greece. + } + ]) + + __entry([25-07-2023], [ + p {- + Small update for a small coin. Today my brother gifted me a Belgian + 2c coin from 2016. I am not sure where he found a 2c coin in the + Netherlands, but it’s new for the collection, and it’s mine now! + } + ]) + + __entry([13-07-2023], [ + p {- + Today I received a fantastic swap from The_Figher on the + @a href="https://discord.com/invite/dM3rHy4ANk" + {-Euro Coins discord server}! The swap got me a whole 17 new coins + for my collection! Of the 17, 9 of them were standard issue coins and + 8 were commemoratives! + } + + p {- + The new standard issue coins were: Germany 1c 2017 (F), Germany 2c + 2020 (G), Germany 5c 2021 (F), Germany 5c 2022 (J), Germany 10c 2022 + (F), Greece 10c 2018, Greece 1c 2014, Greece 1c 2017, and + @strong{-Monaco €1 2002}! + } + + p {- + The new commemorative coins were: Estonia @em{-University of Tartu} + (2019), Estonia @em{-Antarctica} (2020), Estonia @em{-Tartu Peace + Treaty} (2020), Estonia @em{-Finno-Urgic Peoples} (2021), Estonia + @em{-Estonian Literati} (2022), Germany @em{-Karl der Große} (2023; + D), Malta @em{-Ta’ Ħaġrat Temples} (2019), and Spain @em{-Toledo} + (2021)! + } + ]) + + __entry([05-07-2023], [ + p {- + Today was mail day again, with 3 new commemorative coins from Malta! + Two of these coins come from Laganinu on the + @a href="https://discord.com/invite/dM3rHy4ANk" + {-Euro Coins discord server}. Those two coins are “Mnajdra Temples” + and “Ta’ Ħaġrat Temples”, the latter containing the NIFC ‘F’ in the + star! The third coin I received from a different individual was the + Maltese “Games” commemorative. + } + ]) + + __entry([01-07-2023], [ + p {- + Today I completed a 20 roll hunt of 10x 10c rolls and 10x 20c rolls. + The hunt got me 8 new 10c coins and 4 new 20c coins for a total of 12 + new finds! + } + + p {- + The new 10c finds were: Belgium 2017, Germany 2004 (D), Germany 2012 + (J; NIFC!), Germany 2017 (G), Germany 2021 (J), Italy 2004, Italy + 2013, and Spain 2020. On top of the German 2012 coin being an NIFC, I + have a sneaking suspicion that it might be a proof coin too. I am not + entirely sure yet though, and if it is I need to figure out how to + actually display that information on the site (if I do at all). + } + + p {- + The new 20c finds were: Finland 1999, Germany 2013 (G), Germany 2022 + (G), and Ireland 2009. + } + + p {- + Also big news! The Portuguese translation of the site redesign has + been completed, and so I have officially updated euro.thomasvoss.com + to the new design! It was previously hosted on + new-euro.thomasvoss.com as a trial, but it is now the main site. + } + ]) + + __entry([24-06-2023], [ + p {- + It’s mail day again today, and today’s mail was from Mörtel from the + @a href="https://discord.com/invite/dM3rHy4ANk" + {-Euro Coins discord server}. The swap got me 8 new coins for my + collection! For the standard issue coins I got Luxembourg €2 2019, a + coin with a mintage of only 50,000! On the commemorative side I got + Cyprus ‘EU Flag’, Greece ‘Euro Cash’, and 5 new German mintmarks in + the form of ‘Hamburg’ (2023) mintmarks A and F, ‘Karl der Große’ + mintmarks F and G, and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern mintmark D. I actually + already had that last coin, but what makes this one special is that + it’s a circulated proof coin! The fact it’s a proof @em{-does} make + it new for me! + } + ]) + + __entry([22-06-2023], [ + p {- + Today I got a letter in the mail from Münzenjäger and I also met up + with Austrian Euro Coin Hunter in Eindhoven! Between the two of them + I got 2 new banknotes and a bunch of new standard- and + commemorative-coins. + } + + p {- + The two new banknotes I got were a €50 and a €100 banknote. Both are + from Austria, from the ‘Europa’ series, and bear the signature of + Mario Draghi. + } + + p {- + The four new commemorative coins I got were: Malta 2013 + ‘Self-Government’, Greece 2018 ‘Dodecanese Union’, Greece 2019 + ‘Andreas Kalvos’, and Greece 2020 ‘Thrace Union’. + } + + p {- + The many standard issue coins I got were: Austria 10c (2009), Cyprus + 10c (2020), Finland 5c (2019), Germany 20c (2003 D, 2010 G, 2019 J, + 2022 F), Greece 1c (2003, 2005, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2016), Greece 2c + (2004, 2007–2009, 2014–2021), Greece 5c (2006, 2016–2018), Greece 10c + (2016, 2019), Greece 50c (2007, 2011, 2019), Ireland 50c (2010), Italy + 20c (2016), Italy 50c (2014), Italy €1 (2013–2015, 2017, 2018, 2020), + Netherlands €1 (2003), Portugal 5c (2016, 2021), Portugal 10c (2021), + Slovenia 5c (2021), and Slovenia 50c (2021). + } + ]) + + __entry([20-06-2023], [ + p {- + Today I did another €2 coin hunt and got some pretty nice finds! My + standard issue finds were Finland 2005 and Italy 2008. I also got two + new commemorative finds in the form of Germany ‘Karl der Große’ 2023 + (J), and Luxembourg ‘Grand Duke Jean’ 2021. + } + + p {- + Also it turns out that the Belgian Red Cross coin from 2014 is not an + NIFC as I previously thought, so that has been corrected. + } + ]) + + __entry([14-06-2023], [ + p {- + Today I met up with Adzivu from the + @a href="https://discord.com/invite/dM3rHy4ANk" + {-Euro Coins discord server}! We had a few beers, and did perhaps the + largest face-value swap I will ever do; a staggering €2,008.28 was the + face-value of just one side of the swap for a total of €3,974.16 + exchanged total! As part of this swap I got some goodies that won’t + be listed on the site such as a Croatian Euro starter-pack, and + uncirculated rolls of both German 2023 commemorative coins. + } + + p {- + What I @em{-did} get however that actually is now listed on this site, + is one new commemorative coin from Luxembourg — the ‘Henri & Adolphe’ + commemorative from 2005, and @em{-20} new banknotes! + } + + p {- + The new banknotes are (and for everyone's sake I will abbreviate the + ECB presidents’ names): €10 Austria (2002; WD), €10 Austria (Europa; + CL), €20 Germany X (Europa; MD), €20 Ireland (Europa; MD), €50 France + E (Europa; CL), €50 France E (Europa; MD), €50 Greece (2002; WD), €50 + Greece (Europa; MD), €50 Netherlands (Europa; MD), €50 Spain (2002; + MD), €100 Austria (2002; MD), €100 Austria (2002; WD), €100 France E + (Europa; MD), €100 France U (Europa; MD), €100 Italy (2002; JCT), €100 + Spain (Europa; MD), €200 Austria (Europa; CL), €200 France E (Europa; + CL), €200 France U (Europa; MD), and €200 Germany (2002; WD). + } + + p {- + With the new German €200 banknote from 2002, I now also finally have + one of every type of euro-banknote! + } + ]) + + __entry([13-06-2023], [ + p {- + Another day, another €1000 hunt of €2 coins. This hunt only got me 2 + new finds, but 2 new finds are still 2 new finds! Both of them were + German commemoratives in the form of ‘Hamburg’ (A; 2008), a coin with + a mintage of only 1M — and ‘Karl der Große’ (D). + } + + p {- + With the new ‘Hamburg’ (2008) find, I now have the full set finished + and only need 3 more mintmarks to complete the entire German + commemorative series from 2004–2022. Additionally, the ‘Karl der + Große’ find brings me a little closer to finishing the German + commemorative series as a whole with only 10 mintmarks missing from + 2004–2023. + } + ]) + + __entry([12-06-2023], [ + p {- + Today I went ahead and did another €1000 hunt of €2 coins, and it was + pretty successful! In this hunt I got nine new finds — two of which + are commemoratives and one of which is a microstate. + } + + p {- + The new commemorative finds were both from Germany; ‘Erasmus + Programme’ (J) and ‘Karl der Große’ (A). The Erasmus coin is the last + missing mintmark for me, so that’s cool — and the ‘Karl der Große’ + coin is the first of it’s kind that I’ve found, so that’s also cool! + } + + p {- + The other seven finds were: Finland 2002 & 2008, France 2014, Italy + 2006, Monaco 2011, and Spain 2008 & 2009. + } + + p {- + Also small site update — the 1-, 2-, and 50c denominations as well as + the €1 denomination from Estonia have been marked as ‘not minted’ for + the year 2023. + } + ]) + + __entry([10-06-2023], [ + p {- + Today was a special day, because today was the Dag van de Munt 2023! + The @em{-Dag van de Munt} is the once-a-year open-day of the + Koninklijke Nederlandse Munt (Royal Dutch Mint). At the event I met up + with EuroCoinHunt, and got quite a lot of goodies! Not all goodies + are relevant to this site of course — but one that @em{-is} was my + first ever circulated commemorative coin of a non-standard + denomination! In this case, EuroCoinHunt purchased a 2023 year-set + using €5 ‘Jaap Eden’ commemorative coins from the Netherlands! As I + was after him in the line, I managed to exchange one of these for €5 — + and just like that — my first non-standard-denomination commemorative + coin! + } + ]) + + __entry([08-06-2023], [ + p {- + Today I got some rolls for a soon-to-occur in-person swap with another + Discord user for a @em{-bunch} of banknotes, and some rolls too. I + took this time to also get 10 rolls of €2 coins for myself too and the + hunt granted me 3 new finds and 2 NIFCs! The new finds I got were: + Austria 2013, Italy 2011, and Germany 2006 (D; NIFC!). I also got + Netherlands 2005 — an NIFC — but not one that is new for my + collection. + } + ]) + + __entry([07-06-2023], [ + p {- + I got more stuff in the mail today, and this time with lots of new 1- + and 2-cent coins for my dateruns! There was also a new commemorative + €2 in there for me. The new commemorative was the ‘Falcone & + Borsellino’ coin from Italy (2022). The new standard issue coins I + got are: Finland 10c (2008), France 1c (2018), Germany 1c (2005 G, + 2013 D, 2014 A, 2015 J, 2018 J), Germany 2c (2003 A, 2004 A, 2005 D, + 2006 F, 2009 A, 2012 D, 2018 D, 2019 F), Germany 5c (2020 F), Greece + 20c (2021), Portugal 5c (2005), and Portugal 20c (2003). + } + ]) + + __entry([05-06-2023], [ + p {- + I did a 20 roll hunt of €1 coins today. Nothing super notable in this + hunt, but I did get two new finds. I got an Italian 2012 and a + Finnish 2006. Not much, but two finds are still two finds! + } + ]) + + __entry([02-06-2023], [ + p {- + And it is once again, mail day! Today’s swap comes from Germany with + one new commemorative and twenty new standard issue coins (one of them + being an NIFC!). The new commemorative was ‘Treaty of Élysée’ (2013 + D). This completes all of this designs mintmarks for me, and now + means that I only need 5 more mintmarks to complete the entire German + commemorative mintmark set from 2004–2022. The new standard issue + coins I received are: 50c 2005 (G; NIFC!), 20c 2020 (G), 10c 2017 (J), + 10c 2021 (F), 2c 2015 (F), 2c 2016 (G), 2c 2017 (G), 2c 2018 (J), 2c + 2020 (J), 2c 2021 (A), 2c 2021 (F), 2c 2021 (J), 2c 2022 (J), 1c 2016 + (A), 1c 2016 (F), 1c 2016 (G), 1c 2017 (A), 1c 2018 (D), 1c 2019 (A), + 1c 2021 (D). + } + + p {- + Today also had another coin hunt. This time I hunted: 16 rolls of €1 + coins, 1 roll of 20c, 1 roll of 10c, and 2 rolls of 5c. The new finds + of the hunt were: France 5c (2016), Germany 5c (2013 G), Greece €1 + (2006), Greece €1 (2011), Italy €1 (2005), Netherlands €1 (2016), + Portugal €1 (2015), Spain €1 (2012), and motherfucking + @strong{em{-Vatican City €1 (2013)!!!}} This might be the best find + I’ve ever found since I started collecting… + } + ]) + + __entry([31-05-2023], [ + p {- + Mail day yet again! Today I got 12 new circulated commemoratives + from Münzenjäger on the + @a href="https://discord.com/invite/dM3rHy4ANk" + {-Euro Coins discord server}. These are: Estonia ‘Baltic States’ + (2018), Finland ‘Markka’ (2010), Greece ‘Battle of Thermopylae’ + (2020), Latvia ‘Zemgale’ (2018), Luxembourg ‘Constitution’ (2018), + Luxembourg ‘Voting Rights’ (2019), Malta ‘EU Flag’ (2015), Monaco + ‘Admission to the UN’ (2013), Slovakia ‘Constantine & Methodius’ + (2013), Slovakia ‘European Union’ (2014), Slovakia ‘Universitas + Istropolitana’ (2017), and Slovenia ‘Barbara of Celje’ (2014). + } + + p {- + All the coins I received from this swap and the swap from the previous + site update were swaps where I gave the exact same coins I received, + except I gave uncirculated coins and received circulated ones back. + } + ]) + + __entry([26-05-2023], [ + p {- + It’s mail day again! Today in the mail I got 5 new circulated + commemoratives from Finland. They were: Sauna Culture (2018), + University of Turku (2020), Åland Islands (2021), Ballet (2022), and + Erasmus Programme (2022). + } + ]) + + __entry([25-05-2023], [ + p {- + I just did another quick 50c hunt today. During the hunt I found: + Finland 2011, Germany 2022 (F), and Spain 2002. Not super exciting, + but all new finds nonetheless. I also found Vatican City 2016! I + already have it though, so to the Vatican stack it goes. + } + ]) + + __entry([23-05-2023], [ + p {- + Today had another 50c hunt and it was a lot more successful than the + last one! In total I had 4 new finds and a nice keeper. The keeper + was a Dutch coin from 2004 with a mintage of 300K. I already have + this coin so I will probably give it to someone else. My actual finds + were: Finland 1999, Italy 2022, Spain 2010, and best of all… Germany + 2007 (F)! The German 50c is my 4@sup{-th} German NIFC (all the others + are also 50c) and my first German NIFC with the second map! + } + ]) + + __entry([22-05-2023], [ + p {- + I visited an ATM after work today hoping to get some 2002 notes. I + didn’t get any — but I did get an Italian €20 note with the signature + of Christine Lagarde. That brings me down to only 3 notes remaining + for the €20 Europa series! + } + ]) + + __entry([21-05-2023], [ + p {- + Today I did a large 50c coin hunt. I went through 800 coins and sadly + there were no microstates or NIFCs… but I did still manage to get two + keepers — Netherlands 2009, a low-mintage coin but one I already have + — and France 2022, a year that is new for me! Both coins are in + excellent condition. + } + ]) + + __entry([20-05-2023], [ + p {- + I got some notes out of an ATM today, and managed to pull a French €20 + from 2002 bearing the signature of Jean-Claude Trichet — that was + pretty cool! + } + ]) + + __entry([19-05-2023], [ + p {- + I did a €1000 hunt of €2 coins today. It started very slow with + almost no finds, but of the few finds I got, they were of quality! + The hunt got me 5 new standard-issue coins and 2 new + commemorative-issue coins. The standard-issue coins are: Germany 2014 + (A), Germany 2017 (A), France 2020, Finland 2004, and… @em{-Finland + 2015!} The Finnish €2 coin from 2015 has a mintage of only + @em{-169,100!} The commemorative-issue coins were: France ‘Erasmus + Programme’ and Greece ‘EU Flag’. The Greek commemorative has a + mintage of ~750,000. + } + ]) + + __entry([18-05-2023], [ + p {- + Right before my flight back to Eindhoven today, I got two new finds + from the vending machines and ATMs. A San Marino 50c from 2020 and a + €20 banknote from Portugal with the signature of Draghi. + } + + p {- + After landing, I met with a friend of Petros, a user from the + @a href="https://discord.com/invite/dM3rHy4ANk" + {-Euro Coins discord server}. He gave me an envelope of 2002 + banknotes with a face-value of €180. In the envelope were the + following new additions for my collection: Austria €5 (JCT), Greece + €10 (WD), Greece €20 (JCT), Portugal €20 (MD), and Spain €50 (JCT). + } + ]) + + __entry([17-05-2023], [ + p {- + Today I left Malta to head back home. I had a layover in Treviso and + did some vending machine hunting which got me a Spanish €1 2015; a new + year for the collection. + } + + p {- + I also got some banknotes from an ATM and got a new €50 banknote in + the form of an Italian note bearing the signature of Lagarde. + } + ]) + + __entry([16-05-2023], [ + p {- + I got an Italian 20c 2020 in my change today; a nice new find. + } + ]) + + __entry([15-05-2023], [ + p {- + Today I visited the Ġgantija Temples and did a quick shop hunt + afterwards! There was a souvenir shop right across the street from + the temple and I asked to take a look at their €2 coins. In the + cashier I managed to find another Maltese commemorative! This one was + the ‘The Peace’ commemorative from 2017… and it also had the coincard + mintmarks making it a 30K mintage NIFC! That’s why it’s not yet + listed on the site; the coincard variants will be added in a future + update. + } + + p {- + I also managed to get a German 10c 2022 (D) in my change at the temple + giftshop when purchasing a Kinnie (a fantastic Maltese drink!), so + that was a nice new minor find. + } + ]) + + __entry([14-05-2023], [ + p {- + Today was pretty uninteresting. I wasn’t able to get anything new + besides a Maltese 20c 2020 from a vending machine. + } + ]) + + __entry([13-05-2023], [ + p {- + Today I spent the day exploring Valletta along with ‘La Maltese’ + from the @a href="https://discord.com/invite/dM3rHy4ANk" + {-Euro Coins discord server}. To our meeting he was kind enough to + bring a few new Maltese 1c coins for me from 2013, 2017, and 2021. He + also got me 2 rolls of €2 coins from which I got Italy €2 2018, + Germany €2 2014 (D), and most excitingly of all, the Maltese ‘Nature & + Environment’ €2 commemorative! + } + + p {- + At the end of the day I did a vending machine hunt in Valletta which + yielded me four new Maltese €1 coins from the years 2016, 2019, 2020, + and 2021. It also yielded me two Maltese temple commemoratives! + ‘Sadly’ one of them was a duplicate for me, the Ħaġar Qim Temples + coin. The other temple coin was for the Ġgantija Temples which I + thought was also a duplicate, but I later realized that it had the + same mintmarks around the year that is found on the variants sold in + coincards. That made that coin an NIFC find with a mintage of only + 30K! + } + ]) + + __entry([11-05-2023], [ + p {- + This was a pretty successful day with a lot of new finds! Firstly, + before my flight to Malta from Pisa I did some vending machine + hunting. This yielded me with a 2021 Vatican 50c coin which wasn’t + new, but also yielded me with the following new coins: Germany 20c + 2015 (A), Greece 20c 2019, Italy 50c 2007, Italy 50c 2011, Italy 50c + 2012, Italy 5c 2016, Portugal 50c 2021, Spain 20c 2016. + } + + p {- + After arriving in Malta, I did some vending machine hunting in + Marsaxlokk. This also got me a lot of new finds! I didn’t have many + Maltese coins prior so there was a lot to find. The finds from the + vending machines were: France 5c 2017, Italy 20c 2021, Italy 20c 2022, + Malta 10c 2019, Malta 10c 2021, Malta 20c 2019, Malta 20c 2021, Malta + 50c 2017, Malta 50c 2019, Malta 50c 2020, Malta 50c 2021, Malta 5c + 2017, Malta 5c 2020. + } + + p {- + Finally, my girlfriend got a Maltese 5c coin from 2015 in her change + at a Spar. + } + ]) + + __entry([10-05-2023], [ + p {- + Today I left for a trip to Malta where hopefully I’ll find some nice + coins! My flight left from Eindhoven with a layover in Pisa. At + Eindhoven I managed to get a new coin as change from a vending machine + when buying a water. It was a Germany 20c 2013 with the ‘F’ mintmark. + } + + p {- + When I landed in Pisa I put some banknotes into the change machine and + got three new finds: Italy €2 2022, Italy €1 2021, and Finland €1 + 2005. + } + ]) + + __entry([09-05-2023], [ + p {- + It’s another mail day! In the mail today was the Wolf €2 + commemorative from Estonia and a bicentennial Ike Dollar from Denver. + I already had the wolf coin in UNC condition, but this is a collection + of circulated coins so it’s nice to have that now too. The Ike Dollar + is also great to have; it’s the last bicentennial coin I need besides + the NIFC proofs. + } + + p {- + I also did a coin roll hunt today; it’s been a good while since my + last one! I had a good number of standard- and commemorative-issue + finds today, most of them were common coins I missed but there were + some really nice rarer finds too! + } + + p {- + The standard issue finds were (all €2): Belgium 2003, Germany 2008 + (G), Germany 2008 (J), Germany 2014 (J), Germany 2016 (G), Spain 2003, + Finland 2003, Greece 2002 (S), and Italy 2004. + } + + p {- + The commemorative issue finds were: Germany ‘Erasmus Programme’ (F), + Germany ‘Hamburg’ (2023 J), Finland ‘Treaty of Rome’, Luxembourg + ‘European Monetary Union’, Netherlands ‘European Monetary Union’, + Netherlands ‘Euro Cash’, and Netherlands ‘Abdication of Beatrix’. + } + ]) + + __entry([05-05-2023], [ + p {- + It’s mail day! I got my coins from a Numista swap today. In total I + got 7 new coins with 3 being Italian commemoratives and 4 being + Vatican 50c coins. The new coins are: €2 Italy EU Flag, €2 Italy + ‘Tito Livio’, €2 ‘National Police’, and all the Vatican 50c coins from + 2010–2013 (all the years of Pope Benedict XVI). + } + ]) + + __entry([03-05-2023], [ + p {- + I have finally done it, I’ve found a way to hunt coins in the + Netherlands without purchasing bankrolls or going to a casino! There + is a Spar on the campus of my ex-university. This Spar is special + because it has something that I’ve never before seen in this cashless + dystopia — a self-checkout machine that accepts cash! + } + + p {- + I don’t know how it didn’t come to my mind earlier but by creating a + false purchase of high value (maybe €500 for example) and then dumping + all your coins in the coin funnel you can then cancel the purchase and + get your coins back, except it’s not the same coins, but different + coins of the same denominations! + } + + p {- + What this in effect means is that I can go and just put my coins in + this self-checkout machine and then cancel my order in a cycle while + getting new coins every cycle. I did this for the first time today + and got 3 new finds! Two of the finds were regular issue 20c coins, + Germany 2008 (F) and France 2020. The other find was a commemorative + issue in the form of the Dutch Erasmus Programme coin! + } + ]) + + __entry([01-05-2023], [ + p {- + So today was mail day, and it was another American coin. I got a + bicentennial Ike Dollar; it’s certainly one of the biggest coins I’ve + ever held (maybe the biggest ever). It has no mintmark, so it’s a + Philadelphia dollar. This also means that once I get the version with + the Denver mintmark I’ll have all circulating bicentennial coins from + the USA! + } + + p {- + I haven’t gotten any new euro-coins yet, but there’s a chance I’ll be + heading to Croatia next week so I’m hoping to get some new coins + there, or to maybe even do a vending machine hunt! + } + ]) + + __entry([29-04-2023], [ + p {- + I met up with Dan from the + @a href="https://discord.com/invite/dM3rHy4ANk" + {-Euro Coins discord server} today; he was passing through Rotterdam. + He was generous enough to give me a total of €275 worth of 2002 + banknotes. Of these notes, 16 were new for the collection! They are + as follows: €5 Germany (JCT), €5 Netherlands (WD), €5 Portugal (JCT), + €5 Spain (JCT), €10 Germany (JCT), €10 Greece (JCT), €10 Ireland (WD), + €10 Ireland (JCT), €20 France (WD), €20 Germany (JCT), €20 Ireland + (WD), and €50 Italy (JCT). + } + + p {- + Thanks a lot for the notes Dan! + } + ]) + + __entry([25-04-2023], [ + p {- + Today I did what is likely my final vending-machine hunt of my trip in + the United States. During this hunt I got 3 new quarters, one state + quarter, one ‘America the Beautiful’ quarter, and most excitedly, one + territory quarter! My 3 new quarters are (in order of mint year): + South Carolina (P), Puerto Rico (D), and Great Basin (P). + } + ]) + + __entry([24-04-2023], [ + p {- + I did another vending-machine hunt at Miami-Dade College again today. + There wasn’t too much to get since the vending machines seem to have + been filled up with UNC rolls of the Bessie Coleman quarters but I + still was able to get two new state quarters. These were New + Hampshire (P) and Oregon (P). + } + ]) + + __entry([23-04-2023], [ + p {- + I passed by Dolphin Mall in Miami today; hunted some more vending + machines. Didn’t get too many finds but still a good couple. Got 5 + new ‘America the Beautiful’ quarters and a new ‘American Women’ + quarter. The new ‘America the Beautiful’ quarters were: Denali (D), + Ellis Island (D), Mount Rushmore (P), River of No Return (P), and + Shenandoah (D). The new ‘American Women’ quarter was Edith Kanaka‘ole + (P). + } + ]) + + __entry([20-04-2023], [ + p {- + 11 new quarters were added to the collection today from a short + vending-machine hunt at Miami-Dade College. Of the 11 quarters, 9 + were state quarters and 2 were ‘America the Beautiful’ quarters. The + state quarters are: Colorado (P), Hawaii (D), Minnesota (P), Missouri + (D), Montana (P), Nevada (P), New Jersey (D), New Mexico (P), and + South Carolina (D). The ‘America the Beautiful’ quarters are: Denali + (P) and Apostle Islands (D). + } + + p {- + I also passed by a currency-exchange office and managed to exchange my + €500 in cash for my first ever €500 bill. It costed my new French + €200 Europa note that I got from another currency-exchange, but + getting €500’s is a lot harder so it’s worth it. The €500 bill is + German with the signature of Wim Duisenberg. + } + ]) + + __entry([19-04-2023], [ + p {- + I did another vending-machine hunt today. It was a small hunt and got + me 7 new quarters. I got the 6 state quarters of: Maine (D & P), + Michigan (P), Mississippi (D), Texas (D), and Washington (P). I also + got the ‘America the Beautiful’ quarter of Weir Farm (P). + } + + p {- + In bigger news, my coins from my swap with Jon have arrived. He + included all sorts of extra goodies but they aren’t relevant to this + site so I won’t be listing them here. The swap got me 11 new 1- and + 2-eurocent coins, a new American bicentennial coin, a new American + Lincoln commemorative penny, 3 new NIFC Dollar coins, 3 new state + quarters, 1 new district quarter, and finally 1 new ‘Westward Journey’ + nickel. + } + + p {- + The eurocents included were: Germany 1c (2009-D & 2013-A), Germany 2c + (2003-G, 2006-A, & 2006-D), Spain 1c (2002), Spain 2c (2009 & 2015), + and France 1c (2007, 2010, & 2016). The American bicentennial coin + was a half-dollar from Denver. The Lincoln penny was the ‘Birth and + Early Childhood’ penny from Philadelphia. One of the NIFC dollars was + a native-american space-program dollar from Denver and the other two + were presidential dollars: Chester Arthur (P) and John F. Kennedy (D). + The state quarters were California (D), Pennsylvania (P), and Rhode + Island (D). The district quarter was my second district quarter so + far, a Puerto Rico (P). Finally, the ‘Westward Journey’ nickel was a + Bison (D). + } + ]) + + __entry([18-04-2023], [ + p {- + Today was pretty successful. I passed by Chase Bank near closing + hours and it was a good thing I did too. The customer right before me + in the line to the teller deposited $10 in dollar coins. I bought + them from the bank and got two new finds: a ‘Great Law of Peace’ + native-american dollar from Philadelphia, and a Herbert Hoover NIFC + presidential dollar from Philadelphia. + } + + p {- + I also hunted a printer (it accepts cash payment to print stuff). I + managed to get 5 new ‘America the Beautiful’ quarters, 5 new state + quarters, my first ever districts quarter, and a new ‘Westward + Journey’ nickel. The ‘America the Beautiful’ quarters were: Block + Island (P), Great Sand Dunes (D), Homestead (D), + Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller (D), and War in the Pacific (P). The state + quarters were: Connecticut (P), Idaho (P), Massachusetts (P), Utah + (P), and Wyoming (P). The district quarter was American Samoa (D) and + the nickel was a Bison (P). + } + + p {- + Finally I visited a currency-exchange office hoping to find my first + €500 bill. They didn’t have any but I managed to snag a French €200 + from the Europa series, a new find for myself. + } + ]) + + __entry([start], [ + p {- + This is the start of the sites changelog. The site has been around + since the 11th of February 2023, and this collection began around + April of 2022, so there's a lot of ‘history’ here that won’t end up + documented. If you @em{-really} care for some reason, you can check + the git-log of the site on the + @a href="https://git.thomasvoss.com/euro.thomasvoss.com" + {-git repository}. From now on I’ll be documenting all my new finds + here both so I can look back on it in the future for fun, and in case + anyone finds anything here interesting. I suppose it makes the site a + bit more human. + } + + p {- + I am currently in the United States on vacation, so the next couple of + site updates are going to be primarily american coins. + } + ]) + + section { __include(foot.gsp) } + } + } +} |