Hello. I found a German 2 euro commemorative coin Berlin 2018 A. Weight: about 8.6 g Design matches normal coin Edge inscription seems unusual No “EINIGKEIT UND RECHT UND FREIHEIT” visible under microscope Edge has regular reeding and repeating star/symbol elements instead of text Coin does not look cast or fake to me Could this be a wrong edge inscription error or another minting error? Photos attached.
If you want to fake 2€ coins you need the equipment that an actual mint has, then the fake 2€ will be of the same quality as a 2€ produced by the mint. This coin shows no signs of any quality at all, as Frenchlover already explained about the edge, I’ll point out that the detail on both sides of the coin is rubbish. The inner circle doesn’t look circular, the coin looks bigger than a regular 2€ in one of your photos and it is 0.1g heavier, all of these things are red flags, but could be legitimately explained.
However it is irrelevant what I say, if you want to know the truth try spending it in a machine that accepts Euro coins, I bet it will not get accepted. (If it does, then the forgers have done the only thing that matters the most, getting it accepted by a machine, because that is the easiest way to get full value from the fake coin.) Now after being made aware of the fact it is fake, it is also illegal for you to try and use it as a real Euro coin. By German law you are required to hand it in to the police and fill out a certain form (I don’t know other national EU countries laws) and there is no entitlement for exchange from banks or the government in Germany. Even though you don’t record your country, my best guess is you are in Germany.
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if you want to know the truth try spending it in a machine that accepts Euro coins
it is also illegal for you to try and use it as a real Euro coin. By German law you are required to hand it in to the police and fill out a certain form
So you're an accomplice? You know it's illegal to try to use a fake coin as a real one, yet you push him to put it in a machine that accepts Euro coins.
King
it is 0.1g heavier, all of these things are red flags
That's way over the top. Never heard about tolerances?
if you want to know the truth try spending it in a machine that accepts Euro coins
it is also illegal for you to try and use it as a real Euro coin. By German law you are required to hand it in to the police and fill out a certain form
So you're an accomplice? You know it's illegal to try to use a fake coin as a real one, yet you push him to put it in a machine that accepts Euro coins.
it is a simple and easy way to find out if it is fake.
King
it is 0.1g heavier, all of these things are red flags
That's way over the top. Never heard about tolerances?
I said this after 0.1g „all of these things are red flags, but could be legitimately explained.“
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You probably got it as a reject from a vending machine. ie someone tried to use it, it got rejected, and they left it in the change tray. Then you came along and picked it up with your change and didn’t notice you were given 2€ extra in change.
I don’t care what you say anymore, 3 people have given their opinion, you want it to be some golden goose „error“ which it is not, and you can’t even accept that it could be fake.
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