Coin Rolls in Germany

Hi, I'm looking to buy 2 euro coin rolls in Germany. Could I buy them from the bank or would I have to go elsewhere to get them? 

qwerty844448

Hi, I'm looking to buy 2 euro coin rolls in Germany. Could I buy them from the bank or would I have to go elsewhere to get them? 

Best places to buy €2 coin rolls – especially German circulation commemoratives –  are the branches of the Bundesbank (Germany's central bank) where you would be able to buy them for face value (using cash, of course). 

Here you can find the current list of branches

https://www.bundesbank.de/en/bundesbank/regional-offices-branches/branches/branches-of-the-deutsche-bundesbank-834068

Commercial banks are hit or miss. Some might sell you rolls, some might not.

redlock

qwerty844448

Hi, I'm looking to buy 2 euro coin rolls in Germany. Could I buy them from the bank or would I have to go elsewhere to get them? 

Best places to buy €2 coin rolls – especially German circulation commemoratives –  are the branches of the Bundesbank (Germany's central bank) where you would be able to buy them for face value (using cash, of course). 

 

Here you can find the current list of branches

https://www.bundesbank.de/en/bundesbank/regional-offices-branches/branches/branches-of-the-deutsche-bundesbank-834068

 

Commercial banks are hit or miss. Some might sell you rolls, some might not.

Thank you very much. The city I am in does not have a branch. I may travel out if I have the time. By the way, how do I say coin roll in German? Münzrolle oder Münzen Rolle? 

qwerty844448

By the way, how do I say coin roll in German? Münzrolle oder Münzen Rolle? 

Depends. 

However, the best way to ask is: 

“Ich hätte gerne eine Rolle Zwei Euro Münzen”. (Or any other denomination you want to have).

If you want commemorative €2: “Ich hätte gerne eine Rolle Zwei Euro Gedenkmünzen”.

But you should be able to talk in English to the cashier(s). I think (well, hope) they'll understand you. 

Some advice - stay away from 10 and 20 Euro Cents as there are too many forgeries in circulation.  I collected 20 roles of various denominations from a machine in Holland a few months back and almost half of 20c coins and about a quarter of the 10c coins were clearly fake.  A large number of these were supposedly German.

I am living in Germany and am traveling a lot throughout the Eurozone and have not seen any counterfeit 10 Cents or 20 Cents coins in more than 20 years that we now have the Euro. 

Once in a while you read about fake 2 Euros, but have not seen one either.

The only time I encountered large amounts of fake coins was ironically in the UK, nearly half of the thick pound coins looked like they were out of play-do. But people and machines accepted them without problem. 🤷

But I have heard of people second hand getting foreign bimetallic coins in change when the Euro was new.

In the early days of the Euro indeed I remember some stories about Thai 10 Baht coins that were mixed up with the 2 Euros.

What I also remember is a fun story that I must have read in 2001, shortly ahead of the introduction of the Euro:

Down here in southern Germany, shop owners were asked by a newspaper whether they will be ready to accept foreign Euro coins.

And I remember one reply saying, Austrian - which is just down the road from here - yes, Italian maybe, but the rest  might be difficult to accept.

Not sure if you realize the irony, but that was at times when people were not that informed yet about the deeper sense and functionality of the Euro.

Today of course no one cares about where a coin is from, and shops even take Euro coins from as far away as France or Spain :-)

redlock

qwerty844448

By the way, how do I say coin roll in German? Münzrolle oder Münzen Rolle? 

Depends. 

However, the best way to ask is: 

“Ich hätte gerne eine Rolle Zwei Euro Münzen”. (Or any other denomination you want to have).

If you want commemorative €2: “Ich hätte gerne eine Rolle Zwei Euro Gedenkmünzen”.

 

But you should be able to talk in English to the cashier(s). I think (well, hope) they'll understand you. 

Thank you :) I'm travelling southwards to a city near Köln tomorrow. I will go to the bank if I have the time to but that will be dependent on the Deutschebahn (which can never be trusted as I learnt it the hard way). 

 

Idolenz

The only time I encountered large amounts of fake coins was ironically in the UK, nearly half of the thick pound coins looked like they were out of play-do. But people and machines accepted them without problem. 🤷

But I have heard of people second hand getting foreign bimetallic coins in change when the Euro was new.

Agreed.  That's why the old round pound coins were withdrawn and a new design was introduced in 2016.  

As for fake Euro Cents, all the 20c coins on the right of the picture below are forgeries.  Some have various weight issues (either up or down on the 5.74g standard weight - some as much as 0.9g).  They are often badly misshapen and feel ‘soapy’ to the touch, with the colour being very different.  The definition on both sides is often heavily worn, or badly pitted, and the shape of some of the indented sides is misaligned.  Some are barely recognisable as Euro coins.  Whereas the coins on the left are all clearly worn, some heavily used, but the colour remains consistent and the weight barely changes no matter how worn they get.  There is clearly a problem with forged Euro coins in circulation, so please be careful if you are collecting them. 

Frankly, I don't think that most of the coins which you claim to be forgeries are really forgeries. I suspect that you somehow got a batch of 10c and 20c coins which were meant for destruction – coins unfit for circualtion are constantly being removed from circulation. 

In my opinion, you had a lot of bad luck with these rolls. Coins that should have been removed from circulation were not.

You can send your coins to the Bunbdesbank together with this form

https://www.bundesbank.de/resource/blob/599460/f5644522e7b15cbb2ba463a3f98f3cc1/mL/3154-b-mitteilung-falsch-verdaechtiges-geld-data.pdf

and ask them to check the coins.

Planning to drop a selection into the Dutch Royal Mint next time I'm there.  I'll have a conclusive answer then, but I suspect all of the ones I've identified will be deemed forgeries.