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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;1865King, post: 7762371, member: 103207&quot;]There is another reason some coins show up in the market.&nbsp; During the great depression a lot of people were forced to spend some old coins for food.&nbsp; I have another theory that I think is valid.&nbsp; I have noticed over years that there are a lot of really high end coins that show up on the market from Germany.&nbsp; Most date From around 1900 to the early 1930&#039;s.&nbsp; My theory has two different scenarios and neither is good.&nbsp; Most collector are aware that after WW 1 the value of German money was almost zero.&nbsp; You can look this up if you don&#039;t know.&nbsp; In this situation where your family is starving I think a lot of collector coins were traded for food.&nbsp; If your kids are starving you will do what ever you can to feed you kids.&nbsp; If you had silver or gold coins you could buy a lot of food.&nbsp; The second situation is far worse.&nbsp; When Hitler came to power many Jewish people knew their days were numbered and those that could left the country.&nbsp; However, as it became more evident that life as a Jew in Germany meant you were going to die.&nbsp; Not all realized this but many did.&nbsp; So I believe between 1935 and 1939&nbsp; many of these high grade German coins were used to bribe their way out of the country.&nbsp; These coins could have also been taken as war booty by the invading armies.&nbsp; It wasn&#039;t just the Jews that were in danger but, other people were on the hit list.&nbsp; Russian, Americans and other invading armies took war booty.&nbsp; This is a know fact.&nbsp; I also know the Germans and Russians did the same thing in Poland and the Ukraine.&nbsp; Personal family knowledge.&nbsp; My grandfather&#039;s family that lived in Poland at the time were taken to German slave labor camps.&nbsp; Most didn&#039;t survive.&nbsp; My grandfather&#039;s brother was shot by the Russians.&nbsp;&nbsp; What I&#039;ve written is only my theory.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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