It's well known by now.
Some rare coins, even when they are euros, can be worth thousands of €.
It is possible that anyone, unknowingly, has brought home a rare, valuable and collectible coin recovered during their travels around Europe.
Free movement in the EU means that rare coins are as likely to end up in Pordenone as in Lisbon, or anywhere else.
Some of these rare coins at auction can fetch 50 times their value due to their rarity.
Check out the photos below to see if you have one of these rare coins.
2 euro coin (MONACO) The rare coin dedicated to Grace Kelly is worth thousands of euros.
In 2007, Monaco produced a limited edition 2 euro coin with the profile of its former princess, actress Grace Kelly, on one side.
The coin was issued to commemorate the 25th anniversary of Grace's death in a tragic car accident in 1982.
Only 20,001 coins were produced in total, 20,000 for distribution and one as a gift to Grace's son, Prince Albert II of Monaco .
It is the smallest run of all the 2 euro commemorative coins produced between 2007 and 2014 and at the time each coin sold for 120 euros.
The price was considered high then, but any lucky collector who purchased one at that time can now sell the coin for almost 4,000 euros.
However, you are unlikely to have this coin deep in your coat pocket due to its rarity and the special circumstances under which it was sold.
1 cent coin is worth more than 6,000 euros (ITALY) In 2002, our State Mint accidentally printed a few thousand Italian coins with the facade expected for 1 cent coins on others of 2 cents.
These, by mistake, depict the Mole Antonelliana of Turin instead of the Castel del Monte.
Although authorities attempted to recall the coins, some remained in circulation, eventually returning to auction houses where coin collectors bid thousands of euros to get hold of a small 1 cent coin.
At an auction in 2013, one of these rare coins sold for 6,600 euros, after being pushed up from its initial value of 2,500 euros by enthusiastic collectors.
2 euro coin (FINLAND) This Finnish commemorative coin worth good money.
Finland joined the EU in 1995.
2004 was the year that saw the bloc's biggest expansion since its inception, with the entry of ten new member states.
Of these ten countries, however, Finland was the only nation that chose to produce a commemorative coin to mark the event.
Only one million of these coins were minted.
Today they are sold for more than 80 euros on auction sites.
2 euro coin (GREECE) Although there are 75 million units of this 2 euro coin from Greece, which makes it very common, its value exceeds 1,000 euros.
These present a rare and particular feature: a scene depicting Princess Europa kidnapped by the god Zeus in the form of a bull.
Although the coins are Greek, some were minted in Finland and are decorated with a small star on the bottom with an "S" in the center.
The S stands for Suomi, which is the Finnish word for Finland.
This small detail significantly increases the value of the coin, so much so that some collectors are willing to shell out more than 1,000 euros to obtain one.
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