Live auction - feu_522136 - EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK 2 Euro Beatrix, monométallique, tranche avec inscription GODZIJMETONS 2000 Birmingham

EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK 2 Euro Beatrix, monométallique, tranche avec inscription GOD*ZIJ*MET*ONS* 2000 MS

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Estimate :	1 400 €
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Maximum bid :	no bid
End of the sale :	05 March 2019 19:28:49

Type : 2 Euro Beatrix, monométallique, tranche avec inscription GOD*ZIJ*MET*ONS*

Date: 2000

Mint name / Town : Birmingham

Quantity minted : nc

Diameter : 25,75 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 8,64 g.

Edge : cannelures fines et GOD*ZIJ*MET*ONS*

Rarity : R3

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Commentary

Essai de 2 euro monométallique frappée par la Birmingham Mint. La Birmingham Mint avait obtenu initialement le marché de frappe des pièces de 2 Euro des Pays-Bas. Depuis la Birmingham Mint a fait faillite et ne frappe plus d’Euros. La société avait l’habitude de frapper des essais sur des flans monométalliques.
Ces pièces sembleraient avoir servi de test pour les inscriptions sur les tranches. On estime actuellement à 100 le nombre d’exemplaires de ces essais monométalliques.
A test of a monometallic 2 euro coin struck by the Birmingham Mint. The Birmingham Mint was originally awarded the contract to mint the Netherlands' 2 euro coins. The Birmingham Mint has since gone bankrupt and no longer mints euros. The company used to strike tests on monometallic blanks. These coins appear to have served as a test for the edge inscriptions. It is currently estimated that 100 of these monometallic tests were minted.