Germany coin thread (only the best)

Well, the nazis issued hardly any commemorative coins, basically just the Luther, Schiller and your "Potsdam with date" pieces. Of these, the Schiller coins (particularly the 5 RM) do indeed have the lowest mintage.

Christian

 

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amazing grades on these coins.

 

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Christian

 

I have a friend that has 20 or so mid-1970's commemorative silver 5 mark Germany coins. Some are UNC and some proof that were part of a small collection of his dad's. What would they be worth, approx?

 

The unc coins will be worth face value - here in DE the Bundesbank would give you €2.56 per piece. A dealer may give you a little more (emphasis on "little"), probably still in the one digit range. After all, those were "mass" issues with mintages of 8 million or so. Also, in those years (between 1952 and early 1979) the silver 5 DM commems were Ag 625; today's €20 coins are Ag 925.

Now the Spiegelglanz/proof coins will be worth a little more; €10 maybe. Back then they came in a sort of bubble foil (very tight around the coin of course), and some collectors will pay less if the foil is cut ...

Bottom line - in unc, the first few issues (1950s and first half of the 60s) are actually worth something. In proof, between €2000 (Germanisches Museum 1952) and €10-12 (those with 8m mintage).

Christian

 

Recently acquired Baden 3 Mark 1908 G, with an impressive colorful toning and overall eye appeal.

 

Beautifull 3 Marks! Very nice quality.

 

Here is one of my Baden coins.

 

nice coin panzerman. I collect certain Baden coins. only the ones with griffins on them.

 

Surprising. I have a lot of German 2, 3 and marks (although not a lot of Baden) and I would never have thought that was even UNC, nevermind MS64. The whole obverse looks worn and the shield seems to lack details. Perhaps it is all the tarnish which hides the true features.

 

Looking at the pictures I get where you are coming from. The coin does have a bit of a weak strike, although its clear that it has minimal contact signs. The toning, I believe could have helped bump the grade to 64...I dont know. Unc? now that is for sure.

 

I'm not a dedicated Germany/German States collector, but I too love a good griffin coin!

 

Amazing coin!

 

some of my Baden coins...











all about the griffins.

 

1870 Prussia Half Groschen

 

1743 Mainz 1/2 taler - Sede Vacante issue

 

A couple of notgeld coins..


This porcelain coins has the symbol of the Quakers on the obverse with "Thank You Quakers" as the legend. I don't know the details but the Quakers had a service arm kind of like the Red Cross (maybe they still do?) that gave aid people in the hard times during and after the first world war.





This is one from Westphalia has been on my list for a while, the obverse shows a lady that was a important writer and poet in the 19th century.

 

The "Quäker-Dank" coin should probably say "Thanks to the American Friends Service Committee". But that may have been a little too much text. After WW1 (and also after WW2) the Quakers, or rather their AFSC, organized hunger relief campaigns in Germany, primarily but not only for children. Also, they were not the only community that did that but apparently the most "visible" one, so the term Quäkerspeisung ("Quakers Feeding"?) became popular.

And yes, Annette von Droste-Hülshoff was an important poet, born near Münster in Westphalia. She was also depicted on the last 20 DM note.

Christian

 

German coins in a way - and coins from three different countries in a way. Most are from the Deutsches Reich (monarchy and nazi regime), one is from Danzig (separate country then), and some are from the Federal Republic of Germany (Bundesrepublik Deutschland, 1949-today). The 1 DM coin (1954-F) is not worth a lot in that condition. The 2 DM piece (1951-J assuming that the image at the bottom is part of it) is the only one from this country that cannot be redeemed any more, but it should usually fetch a few euro even in that condition. And the 5 DM (1951-F) is very common but silver (Ag 625) ...

(Edit) The Bavarian 5 Mark coin, 1913-D, is also silver (Ag 900). So it will definitely be worth the silver value, maybe a little more.

Christian