Album - German Commemoratives 1922-1957

Thanks for the answer, yes, I have consulted the Krause,
but I would like knowing the opinion of other users, you included..

 

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Beside the approximate assessment, Krause makes it clear in the introduction or means of using the Standard Catalog that just like other wares or articles, coins are also subject to the rule of " Offer and Demand ".

 

Arrived today!

 

And this is the new one! Commemorative of 700 Years of Freedom for Lubeck

 

Nice! I have one but it is not as nice as that one by a long way.

 

The term used on the coin, "Reichsfreiheit", means that a territory in the Holy Roman Empire was not part of a kingdom, principality etc. but only had the emperor as its ruler. That was called Imperial Immediacy. The city of Lübeck had that status between 1226 and 1937. The city's CoA still reflects that status; many "free cities" used a single or double headed eagle.

Christian

 

Thanks for the info Christian. today new pictures of the complete last page.

Cheers!

 

Once again, nice coins. All are better then mine. I'm officially jealous.

 

ha-ha many thanks sakata

 

This thread makes me want to start a World Dansco album!
Nice coins, cool album, and great progress on a fantastic set @Seba79 !

 

Thanks!

 

Arrived today! The 3 Reichsmark from Lübeck

 

Hello! Here its the last one, the 5 Marks from 1930 F mint (Stuttgart) commemorative of Liberation of Rhineland



twenty-three on a total of forty coins, the series advances !!

 

Liberation, ha. These days some people complain about coin issues being too "correct" - well, this coin was pretty much the contrary. The piece refers to the early end of the occupation which was scheduled to end in 1934. But the allied forces agreed on an early end in June 1930.

Of course the occupation mostly by Belgian and French forces, which was supposed to guarantee the reparation payments, was considered to be humiliating by many Germans. Once it ended, one possible attitude could have been a spirit of cooperation - but this coin is a fine example of pretty much the contrary: "Der Rhein, Deutschlands Strom, nicht Deutschlands Grenze" (The Rhine, Germany's river, not Germany's border) was written by Ernst Moritz Arndt during the Napoleonic Wars more than 100 years before. Putting that slogan on a German coin in 1930 may have sounded like a threat ...

Christian

 

Thanks for this lines Christian, In using the term "Liberation of Rhineland", I was using the description from the Krause catalog, but I know the real story.

The Occupation of the Rhineland from 1 December 1918 until 30 June 1930 was a consequence of the collapse of the Imperial German Army in 1918. Despite Germany proving victorious on the eastern front following the Russian Revolution, the military high command had failed to prevent the continuing erosion of morale, both domestically and in the army. Despite transferring veteran troops from the eastern front to fight on the western front, the spring offensive was a failure and following the outbreak of the German Revolution the Germany's provisional government was obliged to agree to the terms of the 1918 armistice. This included accepting that the troops of the victorious powers occupied the left bank of the Rhine and four right bank "bridgeheads" with 30 kilometers radius around Cologne, Koblenz, Mainz and 10 kilometres radius around Kehl. Furthermore, the left bank of the Rhine and a 50 kilometres wide strip east of the Rhine was declared a demilitarized zone. The Treaty of Versailles repeated these provisions, but limited the presence of the foreign troops to fifteen years until 1934. The purpose of the occupation was on the one hand to give France security against a renewed German attack, and on the other to serve as a guarantee for reparations obligations. After this was apparently achieved with the Young Plan, the occupation of the Rhineland was prematurely ended on 30 June 1930. The administration of occupied Rhineland was under the jurisdiction of the Inter-Allied Rhineland High Commission with its seat at the Upper Presidium of the Rhine Province in Koblenz.


Still, it's a nice coin, don't you think?

 

Both the obverse and the reverse are fine, but you end up with an eagle on either side, so the combination I do not find that appealing. What is interesting though is that the designer of the coin, Theodor C. Pilartz, was an artist who also made, for example, a sculpture of Carl Schurz. Oh, and much more importantly, his brother Heinrich Pilartz (in Cologne) was a famous coin collector and dealer.

Christian

 

Arrived today!

 

Hello boys, here are the latest additions! First, the Drei Reichsmark from 1929, "celebrating" the union by referendum between Waldeck-Pyrmont and Prussia the 1st of April, 1929. This coin has a very nice dark patina. The second coin, the Fünf Reichsmark from 1929, celebrating the tenth anniversary of the constitution.

Enjoy!