Two new special euro coins are causing enthusiasm among collectors.
What the coins are all about - and why you can theoretically pay normally with them.
Two
new collector coins
make the hearts of hobby collectors beat
faster
: For the
5 euro coin "Subpolare Zone"
(mintage: 3.4 million pieces) and the
10-euro coin "An Land"
(mintage 1.75 million pieces) )
coin collectors
stood
in line in front of the Bundesbank for more than two hours on Thursday (September 10th) in Berlin.
This is where the coins were issued for the first time - which many hobby collectors did not want to miss, as Bild.de reported.
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The two coins are each part of a
series
in which
a new coin
appears
once a year
.
“
The 5 euro collector coin“ Subpolare Zone ”and the 10 euro collector coin“ On Land ”have been available in the branches of the Deutsche Bundesbank
since September 10,
2020
,” says the announcement on bundesbank.de.
The surrender of collector coins per person and day is limited to two 10 euro coins “on land” (equivalent: 20 euros) and four 5 euro coins “sub-polar zone” (equivalent: 20 euros).
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"Please find out in advance what needs to be considered during your visit and whether the coins are available in the respective branch.
Unfortunately, the coins cannot be issued in the branches in Dortmund, Essen, Hagen and Mainz, ”said a
Facebook post from
the
Deutsche Bundesbank
a few days ago.
Interested parties can get more information on bundesbank.de.
Reference is made there to the applicable
Corona regulations
.
In addition, the
collector coins could only be purchased against cash
: "It is not possible to pay the equivalent of the collector coins with electronic payment methods such as smartphone, girocard (EC) and / or credit card."
In the coming days, collectors could still
acquire
the two
coins
, according to the report at Bild.de (as of 09/11/2020).
It cannot be ruled out that "at some point the coins will be out of stock," the portal quoted a bank spokesman as saying.
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By the
way, you can use
the
coins
to
pay
in
the
normal way in
shops nationwide
, because they are a means of payment.
In the case of collectors, however, it can be assumed that the coins will initially be retained.
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