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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 1809998, member: 39&quot;]They were first issued in May 1952, and stayed in circulation until August 1975. In those years, the silver 5 DM coins did actually circulate - the 5 DM note was not really used much.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Federal Republic of Germany issued commemorative silver coins at face value until mid-2011. First they were 5 DM coins like the normal circulation coins, then 10 DM, then €10. But like in most countries you hardly ever find collector coins in circulation that do not have a corresponding &quot;regular&quot; piece, so the silver tenners usually ended up in the albums, boxes, etc. of collectors. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Whatever was or is returned to the Bundesbank, in terms of older coins, is usually sold by the <a href="http://www.vebeg.de/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.vebeg.de/" rel="nofollow">Vebeg</a> as scrap metal. (Back when the volume was high, several so-called <a href="http://www.kindernetz.de/infonetz/geld/vernichtung/-/id=32926/nid=32926/did=33274/oqg7qv/index.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.kindernetz.de/infonetz/geld/vernichtung/-/id=32926/nid=32926/did=33274/oqg7qv/index.html" rel="nofollow">decoiners</a> were used at various locations in the euro area which would deface the pieces for that purpose.) Silver coins were/are &quot;filtered&quot; and sold separately.</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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