Germany coin thread (only the best)

German States/Baden:

1868 1 Kruezer



1871 3 kreuzer



1855 6 Kreuzer



1869 Vereins Thaler

 

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Germany 1904-G 1 mark toned ANACS AU-50

 

Germany Empire 1887-A MS-65 20 Pfennig

 

GERMANY. Wurzburg. 2 Taler, 1786-MP. Franz Ludwig von Erthal (1779-95). NGC AU-50.
Dav-2906; KM-427. SCARCE Double Taler. An impressive design featuring a cherub and various educational instruments: Globe, book and Map upon an altar. Pleasing granite tone. NGC AU-50

 

that is awesome!

 

German States/Baden 1844 6 Kreuzer. needs an acetone bath. more pics when that's done. decent grade. hard to find these in MS.

 

Couple German coins with some history attached:

1949-A Democratic Republic 5 Pfennig-



1949-D Federal Republic 5 Pfennig-

 

Those are some very nice minor coinage issues you have there, spirityoda. There are some very interesting pieces among the german states divisionary coins.

 

it's all about the griffins.

 

Yes, griffins, or eagles. They come in all shapes and sizes in german coinage. Even eagles within eagles...

Here is a very scarce coin in the Reichspfennig series- 1 Pfennig 1902 J, minted in Hamburg. Only ca. 150 of the were minted, and many apparently set or cast into the foundation of a public building.

 

interesting low mintage coin. In my 2016 Krause geez in grade F12- $475.00 VF20-$1,600.00 XF40-$2,200.00 MS60-$5,000.00 MS63-$6,000.00.
what grade is your coin ? F-VF ? where did you get this coin ? awesome mintage.

 

spirityoda, I grade this Pfennig approx. ss- (sehr schön-) in Germany, which would be roughly F15. It does not make VF. I have had it for over 32 years.

 

I went to a local auction yesterday and the outcome was amazing. I bought two large lots that cointained several hundred coins and banknotes (including very scarce notes from around the world and about 200 Notgeld issues) for a price that probably is about 20 % of the lots value.

Among the coins there are two that I'd like to show here because they fit in my collection really well.

The first one is a Reichskreditkassen 5 Reichspfennig 1940 A. These are rather scarce to get and even though the 1940 A issue has a pretty large mintage, such a Zinc coin with remains of mint luster is not very common.





The second one may not really be fit for "only the best" because it is not struck very well and also shows some damage but I really like it anyway. It is a Prussian 6 Gröscher, minted in Breslau around 1750 (you cannot really see the date, maybe due to 'Justierspuren' which I do not really know to translate).

 

Great haul! As for "Justierspuren", don't know either what the technical term is, maybe adjustment marks? For our anglo experts in those days silver and gold coins sometimes had to be manually adapted (if they were too big or heavy), and in some cases that process would leave visible marks. Not sure about this one though; looks like too much adjusting if you ask me. Still a nice piece!

Christian

 

Thanks Christian, adjustment marks seems alright.

I am also not quite sure if in the case of that Prussian 6 Gröscher these marks are 'proper' adjustment marks or damages caused by something else. Anyway, I do not have one of this type yet so it will remain in my collection at least until I happen to get a better piece

 

Here are the only ones I have really worth showing:

 

Frankfurt 1853 3 Kreuzer

 

Hannover. Georg IV 3 Mariengroschen 1821-LB