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<p>[QUOTE="chrisild, post: 451761, member: 39"]Seems it ended up in the right forum. Welcome! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Cannot tell you much about the older (19th century) pieces, but the Austrian Schilling and Groschen coins are pretty common and unfortunately not worth much in that condition.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you have a 5 Schilling coin with a milled edge, 1960-68, that would be a silver (Ag 640) piece. Also, if any of the 10 Schilling coins is dated 1957-73, it is silver too. More recent coins are copper-nickel. Some of them can still be redeemed in Austria; for 100 schilling you get a little more than 7 euro.</p><p><br /></p><p>The coins that say "Deutsches Reich" are from Nazi Germany (which Austria was a part of between 1938 and 1945). If the 2 Reichsmark coin (Ag 625) has the B mintmark, it is from Vienna. The two 5 RM pieces (Ag 900) are from Germany; one should have the Potsdam Garrison Church on the other side, one should show president Paul von Hindenburg.</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="chrisild, post: 451761, member: 39"]Seems it ended up in the right forum. Welcome! :) Cannot tell you much about the older (19th century) pieces, but the Austrian Schilling and Groschen coins are pretty common and unfortunately not worth much in that condition. If you have a 5 Schilling coin with a milled edge, 1960-68, that would be a silver (Ag 640) piece. Also, if any of the 10 Schilling coins is dated 1957-73, it is silver too. More recent coins are copper-nickel. Some of them can still be redeemed in Austria; for 100 schilling you get a little more than 7 euro. The coins that say "Deutsches Reich" are from Nazi Germany (which Austria was a part of between 1938 and 1945). If the 2 Reichsmark coin (Ag 625) has the B mintmark, it is from Vienna. The two 5 RM pieces (Ag 900) are from Germany; one should have the Potsdam Garrison Church on the other side, one should show president Paul von Hindenburg. Christian[/QUOTE]
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