my question is when coin is exchanged/sold, valued, is it always non circulating coins?
i have some commemorative 2 euro coins from various countries, but all in circulating condition…. Are they worth anything more than 2 euros face value?
However some circulating commemorative 2€ coins are sought after, countries with small mintages, micro nations, themed ones (animals for example). So generally if they are in good condition people might pay more for them, if they are rare people might pay a little more than more for them.
I see lots of 2€ coins, say 50 going for more than 100€ on eBay - it just depends on which ones you have.
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However some circulating commemorative 2€ coins are sought after, countries with small mintages, micro nations, themed ones (animals for example). So generally if they are in good condition people might pay more for them, if they are rare people might pay a little more than more for them.
I see lots of 2€ coins, say 50 going for more than 100€ on eBay - it just depends on which ones you have.
Hello Believe me, no circulating coin is worth more than 2 euros. The only coins with very small mintages are not intended for circulation; they are sold in blister packs or sets. On eBay, many scammers or ignorant people try to make you believe otherwise. Check the coins yourself on Numista. Regards
However some circulating commemorative 2€ coins are sought after, countries with small mintages, micro nations, themed ones (animals for example). So generally if they are in good condition people might pay more for them, if they are rare people might pay a little more than more for them.
I see lots of 2€ coins, say 50 going for more than 100€ on eBay - it just depends on which ones you have.
Hello Believe me, no circulating coin is worth more than 2 euros. The only coins with very small mintages are not intended for circulation; they are sold in blister packs or sets. On eBay, many scammers or ignorant people try to make you believe otherwise. Check the coins yourself on Numista. Regards
I totally agree with you, but I know that people will pay more than 2€ a piece for a collection of 2€ coins, I have seen it many times on eBay 50 2€ commemorative coins or different countries selling for more than 100€ = simple maths, It might only be 112€ but that is still over 2€s. The OP asked if they could get more than 2€ a piece for them and I answered from my experience. Also small mintages, coins from Ireland, Estonia, San Marino etc are circulating out and about, we don’t know what the OP has, a friend of mine got 5 Monaco Princess what’s her face 2€ coins in change on a ferry bar once. I was never talking about scammers or ignorant people trying to make money from 2€ coins at ridiculous prices that never sell.
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Yes, you're right. I just want to warn people so they don't get scammed and taken in by inflated prices on eBay. Personally, I've received change from the Vatican, San Marino, and Monaco. But it had been in circulation and wasn't worth more than its face value.
Yes, you're right. I just want to warn people so they don't get scammed and taken in by inflated prices on eBay. Personally, I've received change from the Vatican, San Marino, and Monaco. But it had been in circulation and wasn't worth more than its face value.
You are correct, however I bet if you put 3 x 2€ coins (1 San Marino, 1 Monaco and 1 Vatican) on eBay starting at 1€, you will get more than 6€s for them - guaranteed.
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eBay fees from their site and even if you have no or only little fees as a private seller you can often easiy fall into commercial selling at a certain not large amount of sales/objects listed, like Apuking already stated in another thread (which entails far larger fees).
eBay fees from their site and even if you have no or only little fees as a private seller you can often easiy fall into commercial selling at a certain not large amount of sales/objects listed, like Apuking already stated in another thread (which entails far larger fees).
Well yes I was talking as a private seller with no fees. I recently started selling some stuff on eBay again (not coins) - I had stopped when they demanded access to my Bank Account when they stopped the pay direct by card, bank transfer, PayPal, credit card, etc in 2020, and bought in their own eBay payment system. So I can sell 320 items per month with no costs, 5000 items or 43,000€ maximum. I spent f+€%ing weeks messing about with less than 100 items! And yes of course there are eBay tricks, automatic renewal of the item if it doesn’t sell 8 times free (who knows what they charge for the 9th time), and of course they don‘t push your item and want you to pay for advertising which is a % of the sales price, and so on.
It was interesting because it gives you an automatic average price to put the item on at, which is new for me, and some of the prices were ridiculously high. Lots of albums all on for 6-8€, but somehow I couldn’t sell the same album for 1€! 😂
I made over 250€ though and got rid of some clutter, going to have a break for a few weeks because it is too stressful. But next time I go on I might sell some 2€ commemoratives (all picked from pocket change) and prove that I can get more than face value for them 😉
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Thank you very much for your replies. It is really helpful. My coins are not new, but you never know what people are looking for. You mention ebay and I have seen crazy prices on there, but would you recommend another website maybe, to sell reasonably, circulated coins?
It will also depend where you are trying to sell/swap those 2 euro commemorative coins, and what types. I would buy/swap them a bit above the face value in the USA. I am sure a lot of other people, especially outside Euro zone will do the same.
Thank you very much for your replies. It is really helpful. My coins are not new, but you never know what people are looking for. You mention ebay and I have seen crazy prices on there, but would you recommend another website maybe, to sell reasonably, circulated coins?
Yes on eBay there are lots of ridiculous crazy prices, you can search for sold items only by clicking on the extra fields button (next to the search button, top right) after doing the initial search, this is a reality check to those crazy prices.
There are other websites to sell coins on like etsy , but the likelihood is that you have to pay costs and your coins might sit there for a long time if you set a price that the website recommends.
I have looked to buy coins from many websites and I always end up back on eBay, but for me as a buyer I think even eBay has become too expensive to buy coins. Good for you if you are selling of course, the other consideration is which country you are in, I have noticed that more and more sellers from other EU countries are selling internationally on eBay because buyers in Germany, France and the UK will pay more for the coins than if they just sold them in their home country.
I noticed you were from Spain, I don’t know how strong the eBay market is in Spain, and my earlier comments on prices are for eBay.de in Germany.
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You will need at least 7,40€ to get your 6€ in profit though.
Well, I sold some €uro commemorative coins on eBay, put them on starting at 1€ - they reached a selling price of 1.98€ per coin. So there you have it a 2€ coin isn‘t even worth 2€s 🫤 a worth while experiment I think, even if I am down a few cents!
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