Hitler Silver Coins

race58 · 05-30-2008, 03:10 AM

Hi:
I am new to this forum and I was hoping to get some help identifying two coins that I have. They are both silver and have Adolph Hitlers face on them. The one with the dates 1889-1945 is about 1 3/8 inches (Silver Dollar size) and the other is 1 inch in diameter (Quater Size).
I bought these back around 1990 when I was trying to get into coin collecting. At the time I was buying silver dollars from all around the world. 1 every other week. I have long since stopped doing that and sold my collection with the exception of a few,,, these being part of that few. I have been told before though I don't remember by whom that these coins were made in 1989 somewhere in Germany to commemorate the 100 Year anniversary of Hitlers birth but obviously not sanctioned by the government. I know that they are not real currency other than their silver value.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks

eddyk · 05-30-2008, 04:51 AM

I couldn't help you with a price...

http://cgi.ebay.com/WWII-NAZI-GERMAN...QQcmdZViewItem

But there's one on ebay ^^

It's a good place to see how much things are worth.

Treashunt · 05-30-2008, 07:21 AM

This may be a silly question, but could these be medals?
I was always under the impression that Hitler was never on a coin.
[Been wrong in the past, & Will be again.]

hontonai · 05-30-2008, 07:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Treashunt

I was always under the impression that Hitler was never on a coin.

Right you are.

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Originally Posted by race58

[FONT=Arial]I have been told before though I don't remember by whom that these coins were made in 1989 somewhere in Germany to commemorate the 100 Year anniversary of Hitlers birth but obviously not sanctioned by the government. I know that they are not real currency

Since they give both his birth date and date of death, they are obviously posthumous, and not products of the post-war German government.

They are more probably silver-plated copper than pure silver, as the Ebay seller estimates.

Based on the "One People, One Nation, One Leader" inscription, they were clearly struck by a neo-Nazi (illegal in Germany) organization, and if originally sold as silver, they should have been accompanied by a COA specifying their content.

chrisild · 05-31-2008, 08:14 AM

Cannot see the auction (eBay apparently blocks it here) but of course these are not coins. Don't know where they were produced; could have been here in Germany, or maybe in the US where most nazi memorabilia collectors are. (Certainly not by any government; there is no "Deutsches Reich".) The second one is designed similarly to real coins from Nazi Germany; those had a 2 or 5 in the empty field between the D and the swastika, and the other side showed Paul von Hindenburg, the president who appointed Hitler.

Christian