A few cents are as valuable as several 100 euro banknotes: Sound too good to be true?
Collectors actually offer a lot of money for certain coins.
Are you rather bothered by the huge amount of bronze-colored coins in your wallet? A look at the online market portal
ebay classifieds
shows: You should by no means neglect the smallest coins - they can exceed their real value enormously. To do this, however, they have to meet certain criteria.
Then collectors can shell out a few hundred euros.
Badly minted coins * are in great demand among coin collectors.
Anyone who
enters “2 cents” or “1 euro coins incorrectly” in the search field
on the
ebay classified ads
portal
will be amazed.
Here you can find incorrectly minted coins that are offered for several hundred or even over 1,000 euros.
These are partly very small editions and / or particularly special faulty coins.
For example, the lack of the edge groove typical of the 2-cent coin makes a coin interesting for collectors.
2-cent pieces: Identical front and back make coins valuable
So it is worthwhile to search your wallet every now and then for specially minted coins.
A minting error that is quickly recognized and can bring in hundreds of euros is an identical front and back
- i.e. when a 2-cent coin has two fronts, as the
Stern
portal
informs. Do you have such a coin in your possession? You can turn them into hard cash by attending coin collecting fairs. Experts rather advise against stationary antique or gold dealers, since they are mainly interested in maximizing profits, it says. Professionals also advise against marketplaces like eBay. Too few experts and collectors are out here who have neither the specialist knowledge nor the necessary budget, according to the explanation.
(jg)
* Merkur.de is an offer from IPPEN.MEDIA.
You can find out how to proceed correctly if you want to sell your coin at a profit here
: Does your euro
coin have
this error?
Then you'd better not sell on eBay
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