I just got these additions over the weekend. They are both BU coins IMO. This first one is made of Aluminum. It is a 1922J 3 Mark coin from the Weimer Republic. There were 4,896,000 minted but not so many survived in the condition of this coin. Aluminum is a soft metal that begins to show signs of circulation very quickly. This is a nice large coin about 28 mm diameter.
The second coin is a copper-nickel 1914D 5 pfennig from the German Empire. There were 3,014,000 of these 5 pfennig coins minted. The 5 pfennig is about 18 mm diameter. Both these coins have catalog prices of about $15 each in BU. Post em if you got em.
I'm also a fan of German Imperial coins (and bank notes). Most of mine are in well circulated condition though. And the zinc (WWI occupation) / iron issues are generally in very poor shape. The thing I like best about Imperial coinage - double mint marks! I wish more countries had done that - it makes mint attribution much easier, even on worn or damaged coins.
I wanted to mention. When i was first given my dads coin collection, there were German aluminum coins, including this one. Keep in mind I knew absolutely nothing about coins at the time. I was checking out all the aluminum ones and I just assumed they were some fake novelty item lol. Especially because they are so light and the ones I have are uncirculated. I didn't even realize for a couple months until I started looking them up in Krausse.
Nice. I just recently bought a 1905G 5 Pfennig in quite good condition. Only 915,000 were minted for that series. German coins are quite appealing to me for some reason.
I can understand this. About 30 years ago I returned from mainland PR China with bright Aluminum coins & the feel is certainly like they are novelty items and not collectable coins. Did your father's collection include any bright Aluminum chips from the GDR?
