5 years
725 coins
2,4 kg weight
Redeem coins
I have been collecting small coins for the fifth year now. To be honest, I have never understood why do 1 and 2 euro coins exist and I think the inflation of the past 5 years has “put/taken away” the purpose of 5 cents as well. I think Austrians keep them just out of respect for tradition. One of the tasks of tidying up my home was to redeem my small collection. So I collected all coins from every corner. They weighed around 2.4 kilos in total. Of course, I sorted out the larger coines before I headed to the bank.
The redeemed coins:
| Number of pieces (pcs) | Value of coin (€) | Total value (€) |
|---|---|---|
| 210 | 0,01 | 2,1 |
| 326 | 0,02 | 6,52 |
| 111 | 0,05 | 5,55 |
| 51 | 0,10 | 5,1 |
| 20 | 0,20 | 4,0 |
| 7 | 0,50 | 3,5 |
It was nice to finally get rid of these “paper weights”. Although the vending machine didn’t recognize some of them I was able to “get back the value” most of the coins. In the end I have got €26.77, which is enough for two small grocery store visit. Unfortunately, Austrian food prices are absolutely outrageous. I don’t even go shopping by car anymore, because I easily end up buying all sorts of stupid things. A medium-sized backpack is more than enough for the job. I made a table of food prices of the past 1-1.5-2 years. I should make a good statistics out of it, but it is such a boring job, I always end up postponing it. So, an article about this is expected in the near future, which will show you that life in Austria isn’t easy-peasy.
