A few closer up photos: Denmark 1 Skilling Danske 1771 Christian VII Iceland Netherlands Finland interwar 10 Penniä Benelux WWI and WWII Zinc Some old stuff (2 UK halfpennies or counterfeits and a Denmark 1856 1 Skilling Rigsmont)
You had fun, didn't spend much, and walked away with some great coins to admire and learn from. An experience worth a million bucks in my book.
Speaking of ones to learn from, this one puzzled me: Poland 50 Groszy 1938 (I think iron version as opposed to nickel-plated iron) The Numista page indicates they were issued under the German occupation. According to Polish Wikipedia (through Google translate), these were issued in August, 1939, which would be about a month before the German invasion. It continued to be issued under the Nazi occupation until 1942, when it was demonetized due to rampant counterfeiting. Not sure why Poland and then Germany issued a coin from 1939-1942 with a 1938 date. Apparently the Germans had trouble getting hold of dies for some Polish coins, so they just used whatever dates they had available even if they were several years past. But that doesn't explain why Poland used the 1938 date, or why the coin wasn't released until 1939. Even in 1939 Poland expected war imminently, so maybe they had bigger things on their minds.
I like those occupation coins. I've begun a side collection of them to compliment my notgeld collection.
I've never seen or heard of this one. What I have seen is there are other denominations dated 1923 that were made during the German occupation. The way you can tell them apart is the German ones are made from zinc.
