German Empire Coins Are Awesome

Congratiolations on a great coin. May I ask if the fields on the obverse have been polished once ? Even this is a very common coin, it is rather hard to find a specimen with intact surfaces.

 

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Thanks Mynter! I'm not sure about the polishing. The photo looks slightly blurred because the coin is still in the airtite.

 

Can anyone recommend a book (auf Deutsch oder in English) on German coins like these? I have always been interested in them and I have picked up some but would like to do more homework Before continuing. I have also been collecting paper money as well.

 

The "classic" thing to get in German would be the Jaeger catalog: "Die deutschen Münzen seit 1871". Another option is the Schön catalog; Gerhard Schön is the author of various catalogs (World 19c, World 20-21c, Euro, etc.), and one of them is the "Kleiner deutscher Münzkatalog". It covers Germany as from 1871, plus Austria and Switzerland (roughly the same time). The Jaeger is a little more detailed, but the differences are not that enormous.

Christian

 

Whitman should have one I seen one @Books A Million .

 

Thanks! I amazoned the Jaeger. It looks like it will be the most helpful when figuring out what I have and what I want next! I'm sure I'll be adding some new vocabulary to my German too!

 

Time to revive the " Emperial Thread " with a really nasty peace of forgery. when displayed in por lightning it could indeed pass, but any clother look of course reveals that it is nothing but a pewter casting.

 

After the Mark was introduced by the Currency law of 1871 ,in the last days of 1871 the first golden 20 - Mark coins where struck at Berlin. In 1873 the production of the smaler denominations started. This is a more than nice 1 mark from the first year of issue.

 

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A contrasting German 2 Mark Bremen 1904 compared to the other ones of this thread, matted surface and silky lustre.


And a German 1 Mark 1902 E ...


together with a 1914 D.

 

All Look Gemmy!! This 1914 of yours looks Cameo. That why I re-Posted it

 

1 Mark coins of 1914 and 1915 easily can be obtained in high grades at fair prices , as they where hoarded when WW I started. The one above really is a peech.

 

Like Mynter said, if someone wishes to catch a truly wonderful German 1 Mark then the years 1914 and 1915 offer the best chance. Price is not as much an issue as some people may tend to believe, the problem is to identify a truly outstanding coin from all the less honestly described and pictured specimens. Quality is a big issue and I don't see the situation improving, with more people looking for bargains the people actually willing to pay for quality get increasing trouble to find what they actually wish to own. The mismatch of the actual coin in hand to what has been listed is tremendous and questionable gradings are done by brick and mortar coin dealers and auction houses nowadays too. So even coin listings of relatively common years with many known high grade pieces are often not what they claim to be.

Mynter can you tell me what "peech" means???? - I did not find it in any dictionary.

 

Peach, of course. Sorry, but my spelling is s bit rotten.

 

A 1908 F with nice colour. Goldmark trade. I think I need to do the pics again on that previous 1908 Mark I posted. One of my finest and in my BU folder.

 

and I double posted,



for a reason, German Empire coins are awesome!

 

Ahh right, yes coins are peachy.

 

I got my 4 Pence . I hope its better than the photos Skip sent. He said it was one four 4 1846 4 Pence his aunt had .
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>Brain Fart

 

I posted this one on another thread but it should really go here.