what the worth of this error coin might be?

German federal eagle with greek lettering on the edge. it is not a wrong ring it is just the lettering. Color is a bit darker and not shiny too. I thought it was a fake but the detail i s extremely good for a fake one.

Hi m3gascope and welcome!

Looks to me that someone has knocked the centre out of a German 2 euro https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces6323.html and replaced it with the centre from a Greek 2 euro https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces6353.html

Edit - brain freeze when I wrote this

Cita: "auscoin"​​Looks to me that someone has knocked the centre out of a German 2 euro https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces6323.html and replaced it with the centre from a Greek 2 euro https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces6353.html​

​That can't be true since the Greek coin has the date on the outer ring while the German coin hasn't.

Cita: "Essor Prof"​

Cita: "auscoin"​​Looks to me that someone has knocked the centre out of a German 2 euro https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces6323.html and replaced it with the centre from a Greek 2 euro https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces6353.html​

​​That can't be true since the Greek coin has the date on the outer ring while the German coin hasn't.

​Yes, I was editing my original post when you posted.

Maybe this coin was used for the outer ring
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces65018.html

I think the brain freeze is still going on. This coin can't be it either since this coin has no horizontal lines on the obverse side like the German coins have.
I have to agree my first thought was also someone exchanged the outer rings but then we have to find a possible exchangeable coin and NONE of the Greece 2 € coins have horizontal lines on the obverse. So it's a mystery or a fake coin.

Cita: "Essor Prof"​I think the brain freeze is still going on. This coin can't be it either since this coin has no horizontal lines on the obverse side like the German coins have.
​I have to agree my first thought was also someone exchanged the outer rings but then we have to find a possible exchangeable coin and NONE of the Greece 2 € coins have horizontal lines on the obverse. So it's a mystery or a fake coin.

​You're right again Essor Prof. I'm watching a show on tv at the moment and unfortunately I haven't been taking due care when responding during the ad breaks. When the show finishes I'll try to be a little more diligent ... who knows, maybe third time lucky!

Hi again m3gascope, could you please post some additional images showing more of the lettering that is on the edge of this coin? Thanks

these are the best pictures I can take rn

my bet is that the lettering is the only thing that counts as en error and not the whole ring. wierd that noone have pointed the color of the coin I havent seen anything like this it has a matte effect on it. on the scale both coins are identical. if its a fake it is better than a normal one plus it has 0 scratches on it

lettering says " Ε Λ Λ Η Ν Ι Κ Η Δ Η Μ Ο Κ Ρ Α Τ Ι Α * "

just noticed stars are a bit bigger too

Thanks for the additional photos m3gascope.

I've done a little more research and have come to the conclusion that the coin must be a fake.

It can't be an error because it would be an impossiblity for Greek lettering to be intentionally/accidentally incused onto the edge of a German coin as they are produced in different Mints.

My first test would be to check for magnetism. Because the coin is bimetallic, nickel brass clad nickel center inside a copper-nickel ring, the inner ring should be magnetic while the outer ring should not be.

Also, in regard to the photo that you posted previously depicting the two obverses, which coin has the Greek lettering on its edge, the one on the left or the one on the right?

Hello guys, I found more info about the coin and my mind is blown

1st, I can confirm that the coin is a fake one. I did the magnet test and the magnet reacted poorly. I tried a dozen two euro coins to confirm my guess, and it surly failed. Now we come to the 2nd part where my mind was blown is that the second coin that I had in the picture for comparison reasons turns out to be also a fake one. I can't believe how good-looking and detailed both coins are.
Last but not least, I will add some more pictures where I noticed a subtle curve on the wrong edge lettering coin, granting a total of 3 tests. Color density and magnetism .
Now we know... too bad. It could have been the error of the year.

do you guys know if there is a market for fake euro coins and if there are ways to appraise them?