Some limited-run editions of Euro coins can fetch up to 50 times their value in auction due to their rarity, but do you have any of these lying around your home?
Change-hoarders rejoice; your jar of copper coins could contain a bounty worth thousands of euros. That is, if you happen to have one of these particularly rare coins.
The Italian 1c coin that sold for more than €6,000 In 2002, the Zecca di Stato, the Italian institute producing coins, passports and postage stamps for Italy, accidentally stamped a few thousand 1c Italian coins on 2c blanks . In an auction in 2013, one of these rare coins sold for €6,600, having been driven up from its €2,500 starting value by enthused hobbyists.
Though the coins are Greek, a select few were in fact minted in Finland, and are emblazoned with a small star on the bottom with an ‘S’ in the middle. The S stands for Suomi, which is the Finnish word for Finland. Out of these ten countries, however, Finland was the only nation that elected to produce a commemorative coin to celebrate the event.
Only 20,001 coins were produced in total, 20,000 for distribution and one that was gifted to Kelly’s son, Prince Albert II of Monaco. It is the smallest circulation of any commemorative €2 coin produced between 2007 and 2014, and each coin was sold for €120 at the time.