Germany coin thread (only the best)

Would be my first guess for this one too. It says Kriegsgeld ("war money") which indicates it was first issued before Nov-1918. Not necessarily so but quite likely ...

Christian

 

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Not the best pics (cell phone)..

 

a gorgeous coin. is it gold or silver ? the grade is fantastic.

 

I have the top coin with helmeted german soldier . it comes from City of Duren. yours is incredible. is it cleaned heavily or is it a high grade ? mine has rust spots.

 

This one has a certain amount of character. :smile

 

nice!

 

I think its original, no signs of cleaning... It may have possibly been re-zinced, but as far as I can tell its not.

 

Nuglet here is mine with rust

sorry the reverse is very out of focus. if you ever want to sell yours PM me. thanks.

 

question ? were these zinc coated ?

 

One that is most fascinating for me, now Dr. Hugo Eckener was not really a pretty boy - but he was an amazing person who led the Zeppelin company from just after WWI until 1936-7 when he was pushed out by the political powers that then controlled Germany. During his tenure, until he was pushed out of the main control of the company, he oversaw an aviation programme that built, and flew Zeppelins that set records for distances, speed, and safety. In the early 1920s he campaigned for a restoration of the Zeppelin aviation division and lobbied in the United States for the Zeppelin company. As part of German reparations for WWI he successfully lobbied the US Navy to get a Zeppelin built airship. The airship was built in Friedrichshafen as the ZR-III or LZ-126. The LZ-124 was flown from Friedrichshafen to Lakehurst NJ and was delivered to the US Navy which named it the USS Los Angeles.



The US Navy had an airship programme from 1924-1935. During the time the USS Los Angeles flew from 1924-33 she never suffered a calamity. All other US built airships, the USS Akron, the USS Macon and the USS Shenandoah were lost to crashes. The building of the LZ-126/USS Los Angeles had an effect in the US okaying the restoration of the Zeppelin programme in Germany. Unfortunately for Dr. Eckener he could not succeed in securing the helium which was safer for lift as opposed to the conventional hydrogen.

 

Hi, I am not really sure about this, it just seems like the same kind of coating on some german coins as '43 steelies that are black underneath. Just a guess, I haven't researched it, I know that 43 cents are steel, coated in zinc, and some german coins have the same look as a steelie, but I honestly don't really know, but they seem to be plated with something.

 

since there is rust on mine i am thinking there's no zinc coating on mine.:rollling:

 

Hard to tell today whether he was pushed out for political reasons, or whether it was a question of finding somebody who could be blamed for the Lakehurst explosion. Probably both ... For those who want a Zeppelin coin instead of a medal, this one could be interesting: http://coincircuit.com/coin-Auction...10-weimarer-republik-gedenkmünzen3-reichsmark (link only, I don't have that coin).

Today's zeppelins are neither rigid like the old ones, nor are they blimps. I think they are called "semi-rigid airships", and not used for regular passenger aviation. But you can book leisure trips around Lake Constance and such. Here is one (or an older model?) on a €10 coin from 2009 dedicated to the ILA aviation show. Look at that striped thing in the background at the top ...


Click here http://www.muenzen.eu/tl_files/bilder/deutschland/10-euro-luftfahrtausstellung-2009.jpg if there is no image.

Christian

 

You force my paw:





The Graf Zeppelin flew around the world in 1929 - while it was not the first aircraft to fly around the world, it was the first to do it with much longer flights in betwixt landings. Several records were broken, speed, time etc. The flight across Russia and Siberia was a first.

Of course it was a major event in Germany - enough so that commemorative 3 and 5 RM coins were issued in 1929 and 1930 - the latter in large enough numbers that they are easily available to modern collectors. Which is fortunate because the postage stamps from that era that were issued for the Zeppelin flights are practically stratospheric price wise.

 

Zeppelin Reederei sold one of the semi-rigid ships to a company in California USA and it flew until last year around the San Francisco Bay Area. Unfortunately the company folded. I had hoped to travel out there and take a trip on it.

 

Went to a small local show today and got some very fair deals from one of the vendors. Walked away with some interesting additions to the collection. I'm definitely a "new numismatic" and only collect certain German coin dates/mints. Among some Imperial half-marks, I also got an 1875A mark in nice shape, an 1861 Baden Kreuzer, 1842 Württemberg half-Kreuzer and, as a shot in the dark (know NOTHING about these), a 10 pfennig Kriegsgeld piece from Neuwied. Didn't have enough daylight left to get a good set of pictures, but here are a couple of crappy ones with flash.

 

I really enjoy the Durer medal - a great painter he was.

 

These are new Talers I've added to my Frankfurt set. I have already posted these in another thread, so I hope its ok to post them here to.