Italian Euro Cent

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This little Euro is one of several I found over a month ago then the finds stopped. Not sure what happened but it seems that my area has exhausted the current "funny money" supply. Starting in December the tourist will swarm the city and start leaving more impressive coins...I hope.

Still this little Euro is nice and I will stretch the few finds I have over the next weeks.

 

This is the second most common of all Euro coins with a mintage over 1.3 billion. The obverse has the Castle del Monte, a famed 13th century castle on top of a mountain. The small R is for the Rome mint and the small E over D is for Eugenio Drutti the designer of the obverse.

The reverse has the value and the typical Euro design created by Luc Luycx with his initials next to the globe.

Here's the stats...
Type/Country: 1 Euro Cent / Italy
Year: 2002
Mintage: 1,348,899,500
Metal: Copper Plated Steel: 94.35% Steel 5.65% Copper
Value: $0.05 in F

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1967 not 1867 Cent

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I get a lot of questions about this particular cent. Apparently when most people see a commemorative they forget that although the design is new the production stays virtually the same. These coins are made for amateur collectors and it keeps the future value low.

Confusion also sets in with the dual dates. Since Canada never made an 1867 cent when people tell me they found an 1867 cent I must explain over and over again how that is not possible.

The front has the tiara portrait version of Queen Elizabeth II but this one is damaged so all the words are almost scraped off.
The reverse has the centennial design with the dual date (1867-1967) and a rock dove in flight.

Here's the stats...
Type / Country: 1 Cent / Canada
Year: 1967
Mintage: 345,140,645
Metal: 98% Copper, 1.5% Zinc, 0.5% Tin
Value: $0.03 in G-4

I would add that it has been years since I found this particular coin and within two weeks I found two in my change. Along with that I found a another 1944 U.S. cent, a 2004-P Canada dime, and a 1947 U.S. nickel all of them are so common that I am finding them every few months. I refused to take pictures of them again.

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