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El Buitre
Hi,

Finland has issued at the end of 2006 faulty 2€-Coins. doh.gif
These coins have the national side of year 2006. The common or reverse side of the coin contains the expanded euromap taken officially into use in the beginning of 2007.


http://www.mint.fi/en/press-releases/1790/ read.gif

Greetings
El Buitre
gxseries
Moderators, please move this to the Finnish coin forum. It is VERY interesting. smile.gif
Eurocoin
Nice price for that coin in Finnish internet auction...

http://www.huuto.net/fi/showitem.php3?itemid=48839913
Sir Sisu
Yes, it is an interesting mistake. I have not come across one and doubt that I will, but you never know. smile.gif


On the forums of the Finn auction site, someone found one and posted about it in late February asking whether it was real. Many at first doubted its authenticity, until the finder posted a picture. Eventually it became news in the papers here and now the Mint of Finland has finally publicized the info themselves. Here is a link to the picture that the original finder posted.

http://riemun.huuto.net/auctionimages/b/c0...2f45fd-orig.jpg

(The picture is set up this way on purpose as one of the members on the boards suggested that the picture be taken this way to examine the alignment and such of the coin.)
banivechi
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If desired, the coin can be exchanged to its nominal value at the customer pay desk of the Bank of Finland, address Rauhankatu 19, 00170 Helsinki. The office is open weekdays from 10 am to 12 am and 1 pm to 3 pm.

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Sir Sisu
This will probably remain as a permanent hole in my collection. There is no way I will bring myself to pay €100+ for this coin, unless I win the lottery. tongue.gif
gxseries
Sisu quick!!! Search your change and you might be lucky!!!!!!!!! grin.gif
Sir Sisu
QUOTE(gxseries @ Mar 16 2007, 10:24 PM) [snapback]311332[/snapback]

Sisu quick!!! Search your change and you might be lucky!!!!!!!!! grin.gif



Trust me, I have! laugh.gif
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