# Where could I get a German Euro? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 23, 2003, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-could-i-get-a-german-euro/209063 "2003-10-23T06:37:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2003, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-could-i-get-a-german-euro/209063/1 "2003-10-23T06:37:12Z")
…And a _German_ Euro, specifically. I like the design. Either the [www.eurocoins.co.uk/images/2002germany1euroobv240.jpg](http://images.google.com/images?q=tbn:0zrGcogXo8QC:%5Burl)]One Euro or the [Two Euro](http://images.google.com/images?q=tbn:32YmQEOWMykC:www-cm.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/Coins/virtual_eagles/euro.gif), to be exact. Is there any place I could buy one of these babies, online? And without paying some exorbitant amount in the exchange rate? ---
**Author:** ![Ponster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponster/32/17081_2.png) [@Ponster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponster)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2003, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-could-i-get-a-german-euro/209063/2 "2003-10-23T07:10:31Z")
Don’t you have any European friends that could send you some coins? ---
**Author:** ![T.Mehr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@T.Mehr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/T.Mehr)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2003, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-could-i-get-a-german-euro/209063/3 "2003-10-23T07:56:53Z")
The exchange rate will be no problem I guess. You can buy a Euro for 1 Dollar an 18 Cents today. ---
**Author:** ![Achilles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dc4da7/32.png) [@Achilles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achilles)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2003, 9:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-could-i-get-a-german-euro/209063/4 "2003-10-23T09:05:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ranchoth \* > \*\*Is there any place I could buy one of these babies, online? And without paying some exorbitant amount in the exchange rate? \*\* …Germany. I think it will cost you 2 euros. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Theobroma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5a626/32.png) [@Theobroma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Theobroma)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2003, 9:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-could-i-get-a-german-euro/209063/5 "2003-10-23T09:44:56Z")
Seriously, try a big bank downtown. They sometimes have small change for travellers who wish to arrive with some money in pocket. ---
**Author:** ![Ponster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponster/32/17081_2.png) [@Ponster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponster)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2003, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-could-i-get-a-german-euro/209063/6 "2003-10-23T11:48:52Z")
I was under the impression that banks in the USA didn’t deal with forigen coins and only paper notes? I know that up to 4 weeks ago in several banks in CA and TX they didn’t stock any euro coins. Give me your address and I’ll send you one. ---
**Author:** ![APOC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f8ce5/32.png) [@APOC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/APOC)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2003, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-could-i-get-a-german-euro/209063/7 "2003-10-23T11:59:15Z")
I’ll send you one if you like. PM me with the details But tell me you dont like the Italian 1 Euro , I really think thats amazing [![](https://www.eurocoins.co.uk/images/italy1euro.jpg) ](https://www.eurocoins.co.uk/images/italy1euro.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2003, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-could-i-get-a-german-euro/209063/8 "2003-10-24T08:13:17Z")
Thanks for the offers, **Ponster** and **APOC**! Come payday (about a week), I think I’ll take you up on them, if that’s all right. And that’s a _very_ cool Italian Euro. ---
**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2003, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-could-i-get-a-german-euro/209063/9 "2003-10-24T14:10:36Z")
There should be a currency exchange at your closest international airport. ---
**Author:** ![SmackFu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@SmackFu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmackFu)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2003, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-could-i-get-a-german-euro/209063/10 "2003-10-24T14:10:39Z")
Germany is easy. San Marino Euros, now that’s a bit more difficult. And I wonder if those Vatican ones even circulate anywhere. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2003, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-could-i-get-a-german-euro/209063/11 "2003-10-24T14:35:17Z")
Probably the easiest way to get all the foreign change you want would be to hang out at the airport and offer to exchange it for US money at the going rate. (don’t know if it’s legal, but it’d work) Most airport/rail station/etc… change kiosks only take bills, and then they rip you off horribly in the process. Every time I’ve come back from a European country, I’ve always had a pocketful of change I couldn’t get rid of. I’d have happily traded with some random dude for a couple of greenbacks or some quarters, nickels and dimes. ---
**Author:** ![shelbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@shelbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shelbo)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2003, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-could-i-get-a-german-euro/209063/12 "2003-10-24T16:00:47Z")
And here I am, not even knowing that they had different euros for different countries. Kind of like the new U.S. state quarters. Cool. ---
**Author:** ![SmackFu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@SmackFu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmackFu)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2003, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-could-i-get-a-german-euro/209063/13 "2003-10-24T17:53:51Z")
The bills are all the same though. Imaginary bridges and all. ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2003, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-could-i-get-a-german-euro/209063/14 "2003-10-24T17:59:42Z")
You can see all the coin designs at the following site [http://www.euro.ecb.int/en/section/euro0/specific.html](http://www.euro.ecb.int/en/section/euro0/specific.html) ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2003, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-could-i-get-a-german-euro/209063/15 "2003-10-24T19:15:17Z")
If you have the cash, eBay. I got a set of all denominations of Germany Euros from a seller in Germany itself. They were wrapped very nicely in tinfoil which was wrapped in pages from a magazine. The only problem was he addressed the envelope to the state of “New Jork,” but it got there, so what the heck.