What is the rarest coin in Europe? According to the collecting website Fleur de Coin, the rarest of all European coins in circulation is one you're also likeliest to overlook. It's a 2002 2 cent coin minted in France, which had a circulation of just 9,000.
Value of 5-cents Euro Coin
- 5 cents of the countries Ireland, Portugal, Greece and Spain, minted in 2002 is worth 1 € (BU)
- The 5 cents of Malta 2008 with designed the temple of Mnajdra, is worth 1 € (Fdc)
- 5 Cents of the Republic of San Marino, minted in 2003, is worth 10 € (BU)
For easy sorting, put all money from the same country in a single envelope, if you have money from more than one country. Take your old, foreign money to your local bank or the currency exchange booth of your nearest major airport.
Contrary to what most people think, these old pre-euro currencies are not worthless, even if the central bank of the country concerned has stopped exchanging them for legal tender. Both Leftover Currency and Unusedtravelmoney.com will exchange them as well currencies in legal tender in various parts of the world.
For the first time, you can now donate your unwanted foreign coins and banknotes to The Royal British Legion at your local Sainsbury's Travel Money Bureau. Simply take your currency along to the Bureau and pop it in the donation box – It's that simple.
You can also give your leftover coins and notes to charity via site Cash4Coins.com which has partnered up with a number of charities such as RSPCA, Hospice UK and Alzheimers's Society to collect old and unwanted currencies. If you have over 10kg of coins to donate, it will collect them for free.
Generally speaking, most modern-era Federal Reserve Notes (or paper currency made since the last silver certificates were issued in 1964) is worth very little over face value. For example, worn examples of old dollar bills from Series 1969, Series 1974, or Series 1977 are worth $1.50 to $3.
French Franc coins were replaced by Euro coins in 2002 when the Euro became France's national currency. The exchange deadline for French pre-euro coins expired in 2005. Since then, franc and centimes coins from France no longer have a monetary value.
On January 1, 1999, the European Union introduced its new currency, the euro. The euro was created to promote growth, stability, and economic integration in Europe. Originally, the euro was an overarching currency used for exchange between countries within the union.
Currently, the euro (€) is the official currency of 19 out of 27 EU member countries which together constitute the Eurozone, officially called the euro area.
The formation of the European Union (EU) paved the way for a unified, multicountry financial system under a single currency—the euro. While most EU member nations agreed to adopt the euro, a few, like the United Kingdom, Denmark, and Sweden (among others), have decided to stick with their own legacy currencies.
You can use the euro in 19 EU countries: Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia and Spain.
If you're traveling abroad, local merchants probably don't want your U.S dollars. If you did not exchange money before leaving, after unpacking and settling into your hotel, exchange your American money for the country's local currency, but do it the right way.
alongside its own currency (Kiribati, Liberia, Lesotho and others); Countries that have their own coins but only US dollar banknotes are used (East Timor, Ecuador and Panama);
Both the US and almost all of the member states of the EU (as well as its former member, the United Kingdom and with the exception of Austria, Cyprus, Malta, Finland, Ireland and Sweden) are members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
