Green 2 euro coin

[Paint Your Wagon]

As most of you know I only know gold coins
I got this green 2 euro coin in the change I threw on the table
I guess it is a fake but I wonder from which country
Anybody know ?

[Twoshadows]

The $2 Euro is from Italy. Nice looking coin BEFORE the green set in!!! One of my favorite regular issues!!!

[Sap]

I wouldn't have assumed it was fake; I would've assumed it had just gone swimming for a couple of months. But I wouldn't know. What does pool chlorine (or salt water) normally do to euro coins?

[Paint Your Wagon]

It is Nordic Gold so I guess the copper part should go green like it even does on 0.900 gold in spots ( but acetone takes it off the gold in 24hrs
since it has no staying power )

I will take the ultimate test and put it in a ticket vending machine

This measures diameter and torerances and thickness and conductivity and weight
It may fail on conductivity in which case I will dump it in destop ( 20% calciumhydroxyde )

There are oodles of false euro coins around especially in the two euro catergory but if this is not a false one it is a spending one 

[Pocketcoins]

Looks to me like some had extra time on his hands and a Sharpie permanent marker. We sometimes get Kennedy half dollars done this way. 

[Paint Your Wagon]

Looks to me like some had extra time on his hands and a Sharpie permanent marker. We sometimes get Kennedy half dollars done this way. 

No permanent marker can withstand acetone
Maybe I will try that first 
Somebody wrote his name on an empty logical control center door at one time . He was a mechanical engineer . I used acetone to wipe is name off and wrote my name as no owner with a chinese ink marker 

[Twoshadows]

I see the Italian $2 Euro was a winner in the 2009 Coin of the Year awards. The awards are given two years later which means the 2007 Italian $2 was voted Best Bi-metallic Trade Coin. I am a little confused with this award as the 2007 Washington Dollar was also voted Best Trade Coin which was the first year of its issue and understandable but why did the Italian $2 take so long to get recognized?

The actual winner of the 2009 Coin of the Year was the silver crown sized Mongolia 500 Tugrik Wildlife Protection "Wolverine". I am really impressed by this coin and have decided I NEED ONE!!! It has very high relief with diamond eyes (not really diamonds) and it is one very well sculpted design. Impressive to say the least!!!

[Paint Your Wagon]

On ultra high relief looks like the mint is making money

As of 11:59 p.m. ET on Tuesday, January 27, 2009, U.S. Mint sales of the 2009 UHR Double Eagle gold coin were 41,664 coins. This represents a whopping $49.5 million in revenue! During the first day of Ultra-High Relief sales alone, the Mint sold 28,173 UHR coins, at a total price of $33.5 million.


Production of the 2009 Ultra High Relief Double Eagle Gold Coin is subject to the availability of gold blanks.
-Orders will be processed on a first-come, first-serve basis, and may take up to six to nine months to fulfill based on gold blank availability.


http://www.usmint.gov/pressroom/index.cfm?flash=no&action=press_release&ID=983