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VIEW FROM EUROPE NUMISMATIC WISHES

Down with the mintages

n my view, the circulation numbers of the German commemorative coins is far too high. Whoever collects coins is not doing it primarily because of the increase in value. However, it would be unrealistic to ignore the return aspect when collecting coins. And a coin with a circulation of 3 million pieces (the €5 commemorative coins ‘Climate

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