Euro coins - keep or spend?

Hello all!

I am fairly new to this site, so, please, bear with me. 😃

I have noticed that some people collect all or specific versions of Euro coins (years, variations, marks, etc.).

Since the Wishlists here are not publicly visible, what would be the best way to figure out if some Numista user doesn't need a coin that you are about to spend in the supermarket?

It would be a bit too time consuming, counterproductive (and expensive 😅) to keep and add every single euro coin that is in my piggy banks or comes through my hands daily into my swap list and wait until/whether someone requests it one day. But at the same time, I am keen to help people finilize their sets and also to swap coins in genral.

Any thoughts?

Thank you!

Keep the best ones, especially from European micro-states and spend the rest.

All outside UNC for normal circulation coins is usually not worth the time. The newest issues as well as 2 € commemoratives is what I would keep if I'd intend to do swapping. 

There is a lot of interest in the commemorative 2 € ….I myself am also looking if that and even the regular circulation coins are interesting to collect. They are still “easy” to get but like you said a collection like that takes up a massive amount of time, space and money. Especially with Germany also having 5 mints. 

If you are not collecting them yourselves I would go for micro-states and the commemorative 2€'s 

I always check if any coin from my pocket change is in my collection, if it is, then I check, if it's in my doubles list. If it is in my doubles list, I fell free to spend it….

I do not consider Euro's, as collectable coins. But that is just me, ofcourse.

What do you expect to get in exchange for your Euros?

Exchanging Euros against other coins usually is not profitable, better just spend your Euros and expand your collection by buying coins that you find interesting.

But if you want to collect Euros (all or some of them), then you can try to accumulate a swaplist of less-common ones, rarer dates or types. Look at the mintage figures. If a non-commemorative coin is minted in tens of millions, better spend it. On the other hand, accumulating small denominations likely wouldn't make you poor.