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085 = Coin Collections and Pin Selections
🪙 How many coins would you need to sort through to collect all commemorative €2 coins in circulation?Â
đź“ŤHow do you display enamel pins?!Â
đź’Ľ The Any Other Business briefcase is…mostly open.Â
Here’s the Coupon Collector’s problem video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BstloCx8KDk
You can see more on the “Number of banknotes/coins returned from circulation in Euro Area, Euro area (changing composition), Monthly” here: https://data.ecb.europa.eu/data/datasets/BKN/BKN.M.U2.RE10.C.20P0.AS.F.E
And, Wiki Sources: “2 euro commemorative coins” on good old Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2_euro_commemorative_coins
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