From 2ac1e863b4a0400be9c9b7a315b7156e703dc35e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Thomas Voss
+ So Saturday (30th 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 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.
+
+ 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).
+
+ With the above banknotes, I now have all Europa banknotes for both
+ €5 and €100, and I have some testnotes for the first time!
+
+ 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 NIFC Proof, 2006
+ 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
+ NIFC), Netherlands 5c (2004 NIFC), Netherlands €2
+ (2007 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 NIFC), San Marino
+ 50c (2002), San Marino €2 (2005 NIFC), Vatican City 5c
+ (2005 NIFC), and Vatican City 20c (2005 Sede Vacante
+ NIFC).
+
+ 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;
+ 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; NIFC).
+