Sleep Coin
When sleeping coins are after the introduction of euro coins of the old national currencies referred to, which have not yet been exchanged for the new (euro) currency. Often the owners are not even aware of their possession, and the coins only appear again by chance after years.
Old German Deutschmark coins and banknotes can at the Deutsche Bundesbank unlimited euro exchanged. Often there are also campaigns by shops or social institutions that accept the old DM values as means of payment or donations .
Austrian Schilling coins and banknotes can be exchanged for euros at the Oesterreichische Nationalbank without any time or amount limit. As of January 31, 2008, there were 705.13 million euros in dormant schilling holdings, including 290.73 million euros in coins. As of March 31, 2013, 3,683,647,335 exchangeable coins were still in circulation.
Origin of the term
The term has its origins in the advertising campaign Her mit den Schlafmünzen , a kick-off campaign for the introduction of euro cash, which the Deutsche Bundesbank and the banking industry launched from May 5 to 27, 2001 with the aim of an early return of hoarded DM cash. and radio spots, with advertisements in the BILD newspaper, in children's and youth magazines and on the Internet (www.schlafmuenzen.de). It is a play on words with the term sleepyhead ; embodied on posters by the unshaven Günther Jauch as a testimonial .
Word of the year
The word sleeping coins was voted 6th place in the 2001 word of the year poll .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original dated December 3, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ May 7, 2001: Kick-off campaign for the introduction of euro cash in Germany: Bring on the sleeping coins
