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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Revello, post: 8212139, member: 103898&quot;]A more modern, contemporary example.&nbsp; East German 20 Deutsche Mark coin, commemorating the demolition of the Berlin wall portion at the Brandenburg Gate on December 22, 1989.&nbsp; The &quot;wall&quot; separating East and West Berlin had, for all intents and purposes, been symbolically eradicated when the East German Government announced the lifting of travel restrictions between East and West Berlin on November 9, 1989.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Pretty neat times then ... I was there at that time as an Air Force officer assigned to Tempelhof Central Airport (which was a magnificent, historical structure). I purchased the coin at the open air market in Berlin.&nbsp; Those open air markets were crazy if you were into coin collecting -- there&#039;d be pots of loose change/coins, many very, very old, and you pay 5 Deutsche Marks for as many coins as you could fit into your hand grab.&nbsp; Found an old US 2 cent a nd seated liberty dime in one grab, along with some other old coins dating back to the 1600&#039;s in a couple of other grabs.&nbsp; Too bad I wasn&#039;t into coin collecting much then.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1440985[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1440987[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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