Danzig (free city).

After the ending of the WW I in 1918, Danzig (now it is one of the Polish cities) become a Free City under the League of Nations protectorate. During the 1920-1939 Danzig was independent city. It was a very big and reach port on the Baltic Sea.
And the government of Danzig minted their own coins. Rather rare coins, as I know.
I want to share my coins of the Danzig with You.

 

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Danzig"s coins are very nice. Isn"t it?
1. 1 pfennig 1923, bronze.
2. 5 pfennig 1932, aluminium-bronze.

 

3. 10 pfennig 1923, copper-nickel.
4. 10 pfennig 1932, aluminium-bronze.

 

And a last coin.
1/2 gulden 1932, nickel.

 

That is all.

 

cool, I like the 10 pfennig (aluminium-bronze)

 

Thank you so much for sharing your collection with us. They are a fascinating reminder of how quickly the world can change around us!

 

cool stuff

 

Those are awsome!!

 

Nice coins. There seems to be a fish theme. Was fish industry a major force for them?

 

One of the major.

 

A new addition.
5 pfennig 1928.

 

How valuable are they ?

 

Interesting that the coins of the first series use the plural "Pfennige" while the later pieces say "Pfennig" just as on the German coins. By the way, only 2 of the 20 Danzig issues have fish on them; others show characteristic buildings in Danzig/Gdańsk, or a cog, a type of ship that was common in the Hanseatic League ...

Christian

 

1/2 gulden - about 33$; another coins - about 10$ for each coin.

 

The people of Danzig - Who were they?

Were these people Germans? Poles? or a mixture of both? I assume the current residents are about 100% Polish.

 

When Danzig/Gdańsk was a "Free City" (basically between WW1 and WW2), most of the population was German. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_City_of_Danzig#Population. That also applied to the years before WW1, while today's population (in fact, in the past 60+ years) is basically Polish. But unlike some other places, e.g. Königsberg/Kaliningrad (RU) or Küstrin/Kostrzyn (PL), the inner city was rebuilt in a way that preserved much of the past. So the buildings that are depicted on the Danzig coins can still, or again, be found in the city.

Christian

 

Thank you for the interesting information!

 

here is the 1 gulden.............

 

The new addition.
2 pfennig 1926, bronze, mintage - 1750000 pcs. A coins of this type were minted at 1923, 1926 & 1937.