German Euro coins classified as non-circulation

Hello,

I couldn't find a quick answer to my question here in the forum. Why are the German €5, €10, €20 (silver), and €25 coins marked as non-circulation?

These coins are legal tender in Germany, and I've personally received €10 coins a few times in various stores. Last year, I even got two €5s in change at a gas station near Cologne because, according to the attendant, the bank didn't have any €5 notes and had therefore used up a roll of €5!

So wouldn't it make more sense to classify these €5, €10 (excluding the 625 proof versions), €20 silver, and €25 silver coins as circulation commemorative coins?

I think by definition of the European Commission any coin not 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50 cent or 1,2 euros is considered non-circulating, but as legal tender in the country some will find their way into circulation.

Yes thats a good point, but the german law is different:

https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/m_nzg_2002/BJNR240230999.html 

I translatet the relevant parts:

§ 2 Minting of Collector Coins

 (2) German euro commemorative coins shall be legal tender in Germany in accordance with this Act.

 § 3 Obligation to Accept and Exchange

 (1) No one is obliged to accept German euro commemorative coins in an amount exceeding €200 in a single payment. If a single payment is made in both euro coins and German euro commemorative coins, no one is obliged to accept more than 50 coins; this also applies if the total amount is less than €200.

As a customer I have to accept a 10euro coin for exampel!

I think that's exactly what I said.

I see a small but crucial difference. The EU Commission's text states "not intended for circulation," but that doesn't mean that these coins may not be put into circulation in the respective country. Numista defines non-circulating coins as non-circulating (or I understand it wrong). I understand that to mean that they will never be put into circulation, but they can and may be put into circulation in a transaction up to a certain value and/or quantity, and there is an obligation to accept them. This contradicts the Numista classification in my opinion. Is the classification Collector Coin the best solution for something like this?

They definitely do not fit the Numista definition of Collector coin.

Check out this post: https://en.numista.com/forum/topic61099.html  While defined as NCLT coins (after 2011) the US Presidential dollar coins are quite often found in circulation.  Just because you get a legal tender coin in change doesn't change the non-circulating classification they were made under.

You should also view this on a European level. Spending those coins outside the country will be very hard, which negates the entire concept of the euro. They can't circulate outside Germany.

Yes, You're right, but even my brother was forced to accept French €10 coins in Paris a few years ago, and I myself had to accept a copper €5 in Innsbruck in 2017! This is also a Europe-wide occurrence. For me personally, a distinction should be made between circulating commemorative coins and non-circulating coins, whether they were issued at face value or not at the time of issue.