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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cladking, post: 2953013, member: 68&quot;]Many moderns have been recalled over the years and it&#039;s difficult to know exact numbers melted and surviving.&nbsp;&nbsp; East German coins were turned in ion much larger numbers than most and this especially applied to high denomination base metal coins.&nbsp; The 5 M was especially redeemed because it had been nearly worthless under the &quot;communists&quot; and was suddenly worth in excess of $3.&nbsp;&nbsp; A very high percentage would have been turned in and this probably even affects some collector specimens since there was no market.&nbsp; Imagine sitting on a roll of worthless BU 5M and suddenly being able to get $3 each!!!&nbsp; The total amount of East German currency was sufficiently small that they could afford to accept it at face value, so they did. </p><p><br /></p><p>Until people collect this sort of stuff there&#039;s simply no way to know how difficult it is to find.&nbsp; Krause lists it at $5.50 in MS-65 and the scarcer version at $45, but who knows the relative scarcity?&nbsp;&nbsp; Some of the East German moderns are very tough and some are not.&nbsp;&nbsp; The US had very poor relations with the E Germany in 1969 so most specimens are probably in Russia and Soviet block countries nearby.&nbsp; Cuba was close but there wasn&#039;t much travel. </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;d guess the common version isn&#039;t extremely tough in lower grades or they would have a higher price.&nbsp; They don&#039;t all get redeemed and it&#039;s possible for redeemed coins to be diverted in some cases.&nbsp;&nbsp; Krause prices (especially for moderns) are not relevant oftimes even in more heavily collected series.&nbsp; I&#039;d be interested in any specific knowledge bout these coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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