A small minting error and lo and behold, a single cent coin jumps to a value of three zeros. Keep an eye on the “bronzini”.
How do you make money with… money? Sometimes it happens to find coins in your pocket that almost seem like a weight. So much so that, especially when it comes to the so-called “coins”, we can’t wait to get rid of it, perhaps ditching them for some purchase that we consider minor, or confining them in a piggy bank waiting for them to serve us. Here, sometimes luck is right there, in a pocket or, to put it in the Roman style, in the dindarolo. Invisible therefore, sometimes volatile because, if we ignore it, that potential luck goes away without even realizing it.
Of course, a coin isn’t always worth a fortune. But since sometimes it can happen to have the right one, a minimum of attention must be paid. Also because when good luck decides to remember us, it could do so in great style. Few people know that a small dime could be worth as much as a gold mine. One in particular that, like other peers, has made an error such as make it a real miniature Cibola. A good 7 thousand euros. A considerable amount for a simple dime.
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There is a coin worth gold: look at the monument on the back
Some time ago there was talk of the one-cent euro coin which, instead of the usual Castel del Monte, had the Turin Mole Antonelliana on the back, actually minted on 2-cent coins. An oversight produced in a limited series (eventually they noticed the mistake) but enough to materialize as much as 2 thousand euros for those who find it in their wallet. This is because rarity plays an essential role. A small minting error, a peculiarity of the edge or even simply an edition produced in very few copies, helps to raise the price in a hypothetical sale to some collector.
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It is unlikely that the coins can bring in too much money (for example, the rare Finnish 2 euro coins minted to celebrate the 10 EU member states, can be worth 50 euros). Some, however, definitely break the table: the 2 euro coins of the Vatican City, minted in 2005 and depicting the WYD, they can bring in 300 euros. Nothing to do, however, with a particular currency. Which? Exactly the one mentioned above: the “wrong” 1-cent coins, in fact, have almost all been withdrawn from circulation. This is why their price has risen over the years and, from the 2 thousand that could have been initially worth, today it has gone to about 7 thousand. A big leap for a coin.
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