I was looking at my little Swastika coin collection last night (I have 41 total coins from 40 - 44, 1, 5, and 10 denominations) and on the reverse there appears to be a mint mark or something. However, there were a great deal of small letters As, Ds, Js., Gs, etc. Does anyone know of the best website I could read up on these coins? I think I'll sell some of the repeats that I have as well.... Thanks for your assistance.
ah swastika coins hail bobbeth BTW those are mint marks erman coins bear a mint mark, indicating where the coin was minted. D indicates Munich, F Stuttgart, G Karlsruhe and J Hamburg. Coins minted during WW2 include the mint marks A (Berlin) and B (Vienna). The mint mark A was also used for DM coins minted in Berlin beginning in 1990 following the reunification of Germany. These mint marks have been continued on the German Euro coins
Couple of Mint lists that might prove useful to you if you get any earlier or later period German coins 3rd Reich Mint Mark A = Berlin B = Vienna D = Munich E = Muldenhutten F = Stuttgart G = Karlsruhe J = Hamburg List of mints LOL A Berlin (1871- present) B Hannover (1872-1878) B Wien (Vienna) (1938-1945) C Frankfurt (1872-1879) D München (Munich) (1872- present) E Dresden (1872-1887) E Muldenhütten (1887-1953) F Stuttgart (1872- present) G Karlsruhe (1872- present) H Darmstadt (1872-1882) J Hamburg (1875- present)
Couple of mine 1934G 2M Potsdam Garrison Church Dated on front March 1933 German Eagle flanked by swastikas Mint Mrk G = Karlsruhe 1934E 5M Church Potsdam Garrison Church German Eagle flanked by swastikas Mint Mrk E = Muldenhutten
Just a side note since this topic does not have anything to do with today's coinage: That page is pretty outdated - it refers to an "Official German Mint" (there is no such thing as a national mint here), the address in Bad Homburg is the old one (pre-1993) of the Numismatic Office, and forget about the bwpv.de web address too. Christian
Check http://www.sammler.com/coins it has some good information. I also love 3rd. Reich coins, if you are planning to sell/trade your doubles contact me.