German nazi coins- Where to buy them?

Ive got a nice little collection of these but I would like to expand it.

Ebay auctions are always single coins and they are priced in a wack way.

Anyone know of a site like APMEX but that sells these older german 5 mark coins with the swastika on them?

Thanks for any help guys!

 

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Nazi coins are one of the cheapest of all the Nazi collectables. The stores I go to have bunches of them. Most of them are dirt cheap. You can get a very nice silver piece for less than twenty dollars. A small one pfennig can be had for less than a buck.

 

Check out bulk world lots. If there are good pics you can get a feel for what's in it, and many have 3rd Reich coins.

 

bulk world lots on Ebay?

What stores do you go to, none around here (VA) that I have been to carry any.

I bought most of the ones ive got now for 9-18$ and they are all 5 mark decent condition coins. The ebay 20-30$ tags just seem redic to me.

 

Yep, ebay.

Get to know the owner of a coin store or two. Hang out, buy things, talk, share stories. Once they know you're not just looking to get something for nothing, they might let you look thru the bags of world junk they have in the back and take your pick for a quarter or less each.

 

Boxer - what part of Va are you in?

 

The middle part. about 45 min from Richmond.

 

There are several shops in Springfield. That's why I asked. When I come down, I stop off in them. I know that one in particular had them.

 

I bought my nazi coins from a local dealers. It"s a rather cheap coins.

 

Me too. Cheap at the dealers, overpriced on ebay. Anywhere from $.50 to $2.50 USD for 1, 2, 5, 10, 50 pf, and anywhere from $2.50 - $16.00 for 1, 2, 5 rm.

 

not to beat a dead horse, but of all the types of bullion/ coins that one could collect why coins from a genocidal regime that was hell bent on world domination. This seems specifically timely considering that many people just celebrated passover and Easter. If its for "historical value" or to " never forget" their are much more productive and helpful ways to accomplish this. If its "hey man swastikas look cool" then I think people should feel guilty.



It should be quite clear that I don't like these coins, but I am trying to understand the other side of this issue.

 

^^

probably because its a major part of history. also at least for me, there is just a creepy feel to the coins. actually the more i think of it, there are a lot of reasons to collect them. its nice to have a verity of coins. when i show people my little collection, they seem to catch peoples eyes the most.

 

Panda: Communication schollars call it disaster porn. People end up enjoying and consuming the suffering of others. Their are much better ways to reverently respect the history of the WW2 with out buying and supporting these coins. people can do what they want, but I think it is in poor taste to collect these coins

 

As for me, I like nazi coins like an any other coins of the world. Though my grandfather was a prisiner in fascist"s concentration camps during the 14 July 1941 - 2 May 1945.
But my great-grandfather struggled against fascists in the Red Army (he was a sergeant-major). I keep an old newspaper: the article about the feat of my great-grandfather - he killed 60 fascist"s soldiers during an one battle.
Well... I don"t like fascists, but I like foreign coins, and the German"s coins too.

 

Siberian Man: Thats a really cool story, and I will admit that their is some historical value to them. I just think their are better ways to 'never forget" embrace history. I guess my problem to is people that peddle them for profit. Like I said each to their own. I just personally find people that sell them to be in bad taste.

 

Agreed, as far as those collectors are concerned who focus on nazi coins. However, this odd fascination has several sources, I think - the nazi regime, its war and atrocities resulting from the racial fanatism; the fact that Nazi Germany issued coins which can easily be distinguished from other German Empire coins; the idea that WW2 was pretty much the last war that everybody agrees was a good thing to do; and maybe family history, be it because one's grandfather or so fought in WW2 or because family members died in the war or in the extermination "camps". This combination of factors you don't come across very often.

Christian

 

I for one am absolutely fed up with this garbage. There is NOTHING inherently evil about small pieces of zinc and silver. They represent a particular historic period that has come to be viewed as a Manichean struggle between good and evil, a truly defining moment in Western culture. That alone should justify any collection.

Any negative connotations are only reinforced by people complaining about the coins.

 

You right, Sir.

 

They're coins. Round pieces of metal with a denomination used as money issued by a sovereign authority.

What? One is not supposed to own a Nazi-issued coin unless it's because of historic reasons because you don't like the reminder of Nazis et al?

You could make the same argument about most any coin, or anything else for that matter.

Some people (not me!) would use your words to describe the actions of the US in recent years. Maybe current US coinage shouldn't be collected because some people are against what some other people are doing.

They're just coins for pity's sake.

 

What about Confederate money? What about Iraqi money? Can't collect them either, right? World War 2 is history. Can't sweep it under the rug. Not even part of it. Maybe someone can buy a Nazi coin, read about what happened, and get a better perspective on it.
While we're at it, let's ban steel pennies, wartime nickels, Hawaiian banknotes, war bonds, Occupied Japan stuff. What about post WW2 Soviet money? Living under Stalin was no picnic either.

Let's just ban history all together, that way we can live under the same rules as Hitler and the Communists.