My latest acquisition came in mail today. Its my first German Third Reich coin and so I couldn't wait to post the pics. Here Goes km# 83 1935 German Third Reich 5 Reichsmark Potsdam Garrison Church Also I would like to post my first foreign token that I received recently. Its gifted to me by Harryj:bow:. 1979 German Weihnachten Token or Christmas Token. The pics are taken by Harry as well.:thumb:
Coins with this design are not scarce. The depicted church is the Garrison Church in Potsdam. This coin was first released on the occasion of the first anniversary of the Nazi take-over, with the date Hitler seized power put on the coin (March 21,1933). On a following issue the date was taken off. The Potsdam Garrison Church was depicted on both the 2 and 5 reichsmark coins.
Whats the mint mark on it? you can see it below the church Here is the 2RM version with the G = Karlsruhe mint mark. I can not quite make yours out.
was born in 1979 remember that great song "born in 79" by bryan adams Harryj nice pics , its pics like that which tempt to grab a few myself...something i cant do right now
The Christmas 1979 piece is very nicely designed, the side with the city/market scene, that is. I wonder whether that is supposed to be an actual location or rather some "generic" place. As for this being a token, I am not sure. May be so, but usually you don't have tokens at Christmas markets here. So it's probably a medal ... Christian
Hey, I was thinking something along the same line and Bryan Adams did 'Summer of 69' but you may find solace in Smashing Pumpkin's '1979' :thumb:
Summer of 69 wasn't about a year though, perhaps we should nervously skirt around this topic before it becomes inappropriate. I've got quite a few pfennigs, jettons and marks but strangely none seem to be third reich. I guess I'm just intimidated of the eagle perched astride the swatstika :S
