For quite a few years I've been working on a Birth Year set of world coins. It's not a primary set for me: just a fun thing. I'll never complete it. There are some high priced coins that I don't even think about: -- Vatican gold -- Germany military -- Others And there are some that the Krause World Coins catalog doesn't describe very well: -- Peru 2 centavos varieties -- Thick and thin planchet varieties. -- Others But it gives me something to look around for when things are slow. But I have about 300 coins so far. Here's the latest AND the last one I needed for Germany (not including the aforementioned Germany military issues). Germany 1941-J 50 Pfennigs
I'm trying to get an example of ALL the coins struck in 1941. And I know full well that I won't get all; some are just too pricey. But I can afford about 90-95% of them. And there are a few that I have to dig a bit deeper into the wallet for. The four coin 1941 Maundy set from Great Britain is one group of those.
It's a fun idea. Dunno why I never really pursued it. My birthyear is 1965, which means a lot fewer silver business strike coins. On the other hand, a lot of former colonies had gained independence by the time I came along, so I guess I might have a lot more different countries/varieties than you do for 1941 (maybe?) I did add a toned US cent and nickel recently. Simply because I thought the cent was attractive. (The nickel was cheap and came as part of a small lot I bought.)
Sounds like a fun collection. I pick up coins from my birth year (1970) when I see them but I don't really look for them.
On the occasion, I will pick up certain foreign coins I like, and if they're from my birth year it adds a fun, bonus to the piece. P.S. that cent and nickel are really nice.
I don't know what they look like. Krause has a picture of only one side and it's so bad I still don't know what it looks like. BUT There are two face values each with the same two mint marks: 5 Reichspfennigs 1941 A and 1941 F 10 Reichspfennigs 1941 A and 1941 F In low grade they are 3-figure coins. In high grade they are 5-figure coins. A bit more than I care to spend on a "fun" collection.
Just to confirm, all you are missing are the 5 and 10 rechenpfennig coins with A and F mint marks? Nothing else?
I've got all the regular issues, just not the military ones. And like I said, I don't even know what they look like. I might do a quick surf job to see what, if anything, shows up.
I found them. coinquest.com/cgi-bin/cq/coins.pl?coin=1128 Looks like you have to copy/paste this into your browser.
Ah, I see. I'm afraid I can't help there. Shooting you a PM with my 1941 coins to see if you need any of them.
Hello I have coins from Netherlands 1941 25cents.also three pence 1941.thought I had a 10.but it's a 1944.
At least you don't have to deal with all of the bullion coins from my birth date. It would be neat if you had a list that others on CT could see if they had any 1941s to help you out!