Nice couple from Weimar republic

Hallo my friends.
I got this couple of Weimar coins today. It is 200 mark 1923 (Karlsruhe Mint) and 500 mark 1923 (Stuttgart Mint). 200 mark - Aunc, 500 mark - Unc. I like them wery much.

 

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Are these aluminum?

 

yes aluminum.

 

Just goes to show that aluminum coins can be attractive...at least when they are new. Now about conserving older ones...

 

the mintages on these 2 coins is very high. so I am guessing there are many in high grade out there.

 

Nice aluminum coins. Where are you in Russia?? Bill

 

Hallo Bill. I am from Western Siberia.

 

Is that the view from your house, Eugene? : - )

 

It is a panorama in our city. Every spring.

 

Truly what the word AWESOME originally meant. How long have you lived there?

 

I was born here at 1975. And live here all of my life.

 

This are some photos from my hometown.

 

And yet...

 

December 16 2012. Temperature: -29,2 F. Caption on the panel: "Hold on people. Summer will be soon".

 

Did that summer ever come? Over here it's not cold but lousy these days.

As for those two coins, they basically used Josef Wackerle's design of the 3 Mark coins (1922/23). And of course they became worthless due to the hyperinflation very fast: When the 200M coin was issued, it had a purchasing power of about 4 Pfennig in pre-inflation terms; a little later the 500M came out, "worth" about 6 Pf. When production ended in August 1923, that value had gone down to 0.00025 and 0.00063 Pfennig. Many of these were actually sold as scrap metal ...

Christian

 

It is very interesting information. Thank you very much, Mr. Christian.

 

I love photo #3. Awesome! Would be even more so without the man.

 

Beautiful but awesome area...what does it look like when there is no snow?

 

Summer in my hometown.

 

And yet