Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Dilip.Nair, post: 1754644, member: 56507&quot;]<span style="font-size: 13px"><font face="Arial"><span style="color: #000000">Hi All,</span></font></span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><span style="font-size: 13px"><font face="Arial"><span style="color: #000000">I looking for expert advice on a Third Reich coin that I purchased recently from eBay. The reason I ask for your assistance is because the coin has an unusually high surface lustre. I have compared the metrics of the coin on this site against mine and I see some differences. I hear that there are a lot of Chinese imitiataions of Nazi coins these days that are almost undetectable, lazer cut and casted ones</span></font></span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><span style="font-size: 13px"><font face="Arial"><span style="color: #000000">I just want to know what is the acceptable standared deviation in weight, diameter and thickness for the coin in discussion. Below I present my Coin&#039;s Stats</span></font></span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><span style="font-size: 13px"><font face="Arial"><span style="color: #000000">* Deno : 5 Reichpfennig ( 0.05 Mark )</span></font></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 13px"><font face="Arial"><span style="color: #000000">* Dated : 1938</span></font></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 13px"><font face="Arial"><span style="color: #000000">* Color : Goldish - with very small green corrosion in corner ( I hear the alloy is bronze aluminium, but have no idea how that alloy corrodes )</span></font></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 13px"><font face="Arial"><span style="color: #000000">* Weight : 2.52 g ( As aginst 2.53 g as quoted on this site)</span></font></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 13px"><font face="Arial"><span style="color: #000000">* Dia : 19-20 mm ( As aginst 18 mm as quoted on this site)</span></font></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 13px"><font face="Arial"><span style="color: #000000">* Thick : 1.1-1.2 mm ( As aginst 1.42 mm as quoted on this site)</span></font></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 13px"><font face="Arial"><span style="color: #000000">* Edge : Vertical rims</span></font></span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><span style="font-size: 13px"><font face="Arial"><span style="color: #000000">PS : I know that these are cheap coin and commands no numismatic value, but still it is quite intolerable to be cheated from a site like eBay.</span></font></span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in