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An ad for Slovenian euros, from a German newspaper.
You’ve gotta love the genius of selling people coins worth €3.88 for €5. (Plus shipping and handling) I wish I’d thought of it, and I’m surprised the Bank of Slovenia didn’t get in on this racket.
The ad explains that the coins will be hard to get because “little Slovenia” won’t mint many eurocents, which will make them sehr selten (very rare). In this case, “very rare” means 155 million coins. Not exactly a collector’s item, I would think. But what do I know? I was too stupid to think of this idea myself.
By the way, if anyone wants some ultra-rare, soon-to-be-withdrawn Slovenian tolar coins, I’ll gladly send you some for just €9.99 — but act now while they’re still around!
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Those Germans really do have a sense of humor.
I can’t believe what are people willing to make up in order to sell things. Btw… Michael, good luck with selling tolar coins. 
Anyone want to buy some Irish currency? I have some from my trip to Ireland in 1999-2000. They were just trying to con the Irish into using the Euro by making your Euro purchases cheaper. I thought it was a trick then and I think the Euro is still some kind of sneaky trick now.
Why fight and die for independance from whoever just to get in on the Euro? I’m just sayin….
actually, “the old” slovene bank notes in mint condition ARE a collector`s item, especially notes for 10 and 20 tollars which the bank stopped printing years ago.
Soooo…. we set aside a couple of tolars now and then sell them on ebay for millions of $$?
5 Euros only?? I’m appaled, they’re selling it cheap
Vatican Euro set from 2002 is sold for 1.400 €
It’s a perfectly goood deal for a German numismatist. How can he expect to get them cheaper? And they are much rarer than many other Euros - not as rare as those from Vatican or San Marino, but one is unlikely to chance upon them outside of Slovenia, particularly all of them in good condition.
By the way… Slovene euros are apparently already in Slovenia. Stashed in a warehouse in Logatec they’re guarded by 100-or-so members of police special forces.
Actually, this IS a good offer - I’ve found a website where they are selling the same set for 6 EUR plus shipping cost.
But I agree with Mitja: it will take a lot of time for me to get a Slovenian coin from a cashier in Germany (though this doesn’t mean I’m going to buy them)…
The “very rare” is related to the first coinage … and I agree with Mitja and Alcessa. The Slovenian Euros might reach Austria, but since the bigbrothersyndrom of the Austrians it will take a while until they pass them on to the Germans.
… and no German (Bavarians might be an exception) is so stupid to buy a set of euros that price. I guess I’m one of the first Germans with an Slovenian Euro in the pocket :).
Michael, It’s not too late! Combine the acquisition of Slovenian Euros with an all-exclusive vacation in home of World Famous Blogger. If you really demonstrate the Tom Sawyer spirit, you can throw in:
1) Chance to paint a room in the house of World Famous Blogger. First come, first offered a paint brush, of course.
2) Chance to weed the (insert “back”, “front”, or “side” here) yard on the property of World Famous Blogger. First supplicant, first offered an autographed pair of gloves, of course.
Since there’s a personal touch involved with handing the Euro’s over, the handling charge would naturally be increased, though you would lose out on gouging them for postage.
Your lovely wife would have to agree with German riff-raff barging from room to room, but placing a time-limit on access to the World Famous Blogger should nip that problem in the bud.
I’m sure your tolar coins could easily be foisted on these folks as well.
I agree with Mitja et al., for a German collector this is not necessarily such a bad deal.
What annoys me much more about German coin dealers is that they are very fond of producing and/or selling fantasy money — on eBay, there is no end of “trial sets” of pseudo-”Slovenian euro coins” minted by various private entities using designs that had nothing whatsoever to do with the actual Slovenian euro coins. And this has been going on since 2004 if not earlier.
Anyway, when it comes to selling circulation money at a profit, here’s a joker that had one of the more amusing offers out there: miniature portraits of Gauss for sale.
@cookie:
Any note in mint condition is in principle a collector’s item, but it’s true that the earlier ones tend to have a greater markup over the nominal price. The early 10000 SIT notes may sell for close to $100 in UNC condition, i.e. twice the nominal price.
Yes, Slovenian euros came via Brnik airport in mid-September in a heavily guarded and of course totally unpublicited convoy. Of course I didn’t tell you this.
If anyone really wants to buy Slovenian euros, you’ll be able to buy them at face value from 15th December in sets worth 12,52 EUR or 3000,30 SIT (but it’s forbidden to actually use them for payment until 1st January)