Some €2 coins can sometimes be worth much more than the value they display on the front! Find out if any of these coins that sell for up to €5,000 are in your wallet.
Your wallet may well contain more money than you think! We often hardly look at the pieces we use every day, the illustrations engraved on them or their geographical origins. And yet maybe we should! We do not always suspect the treasures we have at home, and yet some €2 coins can be worth a real small fortune if you resell them to collectors. In some cases, these are pieces produced in very limited numbers. In others, it is rather batches put on the market with imperfections. Some coins with a face value of €2 may actually be worth it up to 5000€ ! We reveal to you which of your €2 coins could bring you several hundred.
Rarely represented 2-euro coins from states
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What often raises the price of €2 coins is their country of origin. And in such cases, the smaller the country, the fewer coins were minted, and the higher their cost ! This is the case for example of parts of a perfect spot for holidays, the state of San Marino. This small independent country of barely 61 km² located in Italy minted a total of 110,000 in 2004. These pay homage to Bartolomeo Borghesi, 19th century Italian numismatist, writer and epigraphist living in San Marino. If you find one, you can hope to resell it between 200 and 300€.
But in the series of coins of small states, the jackpot guaranteed are those from the Principality of Monaco! The rarest €2 coin of all features the profile of the famous Grace Kelly. It was printed in 20,000 copies only on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of his death in 2007. This piece can reach exorbitant prices! Up to nearly €5,000 depending on its current rating. Other Monegasque coins go for very large amounts. This is the case, for example, of the coin commemorating the 800th anniversary of the construction of the first rock fortress, which is worth a little less than 4000 euros, or the one struck for the 150th anniversary of the founding of Monte-Carlo by Charles III, which goes up to more than 1300€.
When an error that drives up the value of the coins
Sometimes two pieces that may seem similar at first glance can be resold at totally different prices. Part struck twice, manufacturing errors in the mold allowing imperfections to pass through, inverted metals, parts with two identical faces… There are a multitude of defects that can appear inadvertently during the mass production of coins. Generally these coins are not put into circulation but it happens that some of them pass the controls and become the prey of collectors.
This is the case of a German 2 euro coin that we have all had in our hands before… but perhaps not this copy! If its illustrated face shows the usual eagle, here the rarity comes from a typing error on the face indicating the value. During the manufacture of this batch in 2008, the borders of the 15 countries that then made up the European Union have not been drawn. This defect is found on about 30,000 copies which are now highly sought after and sold for several hundred euros.
The smallest rooms can sometimes hold surprises for you…
If the €2 coins are often the most collected by numismatists, they are not the only ones. And you may even come across a red coin one day that is worth a fortune ! This is the case if you find an Italian 1 cent coin put into circulation with a major defect: it is the size of a 2 cent coin while displaying a face value of 1 cent. Today it costs a nice little jackpot: almost 6000€ per piece ! So the next time you use cash to pay for your baguette, think about it: take a look at your piece, you may be surprised!
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