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<p>[QUOTE="chrisild, post: 3238907, member: 39"]Yes, many of those silver coins were melted down. The Jaeger catalog has a list of how many pieces were turned in, but that is a summary by face value, regardless of the issue. As for the 3 RM coins from the Weimar Republic, they ceased to be legal tender in October 1934, and could be exchanged until the end of that year. Total issue volume (3 RM, regular and commems): about 90 million coins, turned in until mid-1937: about 88 million, remainder about 2.4 million.</p><p><br /></p><p>My guess is that special coins such as those commems had a better chance of being kept than "mass" pieces. But keep in mind that the Dinkelsbühl coin is the 3 RM commem with the lowest mintage: Most of those coins have mintages in the six-digit range. The exceptions among the 3 RM pieces are ... quick check ... Tübingen Univ. 1927 (50,000), Dürer 1928 (50,000) and this Dinkelsbühl coin (40,000).</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="chrisild, post: 3238907, member: 39"]Yes, many of those silver coins were melted down. The Jaeger catalog has a list of how many pieces were turned in, but that is a summary by face value, regardless of the issue. As for the 3 RM coins from the Weimar Republic, they ceased to be legal tender in October 1934, and could be exchanged until the end of that year. Total issue volume (3 RM, regular and commems): about 90 million coins, turned in until mid-1937: about 88 million, remainder about 2.4 million. My guess is that special coins such as those commems had a better chance of being kept than "mass" pieces. But keep in mind that the Dinkelsbühl coin is the 3 RM commem with the lowest mintage: Most of those coins have mintages in the six-digit range. The exceptions among the 3 RM pieces are ... quick check ... Tübingen Univ. 1927 (50,000), Dürer 1928 (50,000) and this Dinkelsbühl coin (40,000). Christian[/QUOTE]
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