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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 3028072, member: 39&quot;]Don&#039;t think that any were melted - well, certainly not a significant number. But they made 200,000 Germanisches Museum coins only, and 1,240 of them in proof. (Same with the Schiller coin, except the proof figure is 1,217.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Back then, not too many cared about such coins. For quite a few people 5 DM was a lot of money at that time, the country was still recovering from WW2, and many people had other priorities than putting such a piece aside. Later, when collecting coins became more popular again, there just weren&#039;t many early commems in good or excellent condition left ...</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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