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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gbroke, post: 1545031, member: 22585&quot;]Here are the years they were <b>not </b>produced:</p><p><br /></p><p>1952</p><p>1953</p><p>1954</p><p>1955</p><p>1962</p><p><br /></p><p>The first year (1951) there were 70 million + minted. That&#039;s 10 x&#039;s more than <i>most </i>of the year figures.</p><p><br /></p><p>As far as where are they all, that&#039;s a good question. </p><p>Many circulated 5 marks can be found.</p><p>I think there are still a fair amount of higher grade examples available or tucked away in collections. Although, maybe when they went to the Euro, people hoarded them. I&#039;m not sure.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t know if there was a big melt of these coins. Because of the lower silver content, the melting costs would be higher than other silver coins with much higher silver percentage. </p><p>I wonder how readily available they are in Germany as well.</p><p><br /></p><p>-g[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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