Germany coin thread (only the best)

German imperial coin. 50 pfennig. Really a nice coin.

 

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What are you up to? Your always liking my posts! (and I like it!)

 

I always hit the "Like" for coins I like. Afterall someone took time and effort to take photos and post them here. Every coin I hit "Like" on, is a coin I would gladly throw in my safe. I also like comments that are helpful and comments that are humorous.:thumb:

 

Agreed!

 

I really thought I had this coin! $$$ After looking through all my NGC cases this is what I was thinking of... :dismay:

 

Do you "like" these Aluminum German coins?

1953 GDR 5 Pfennig

1922J Deutsches Reich 3 Mark

IMO Aluminum coins are beautiful when they are new. However, they get worn quickly in circulation.

 

When I first received my dad's collection, I thought all the aluminum coins were some sort of novelty. Especially since some of them said "200,000 marks". Thankfully I kept them and educated myself on them. I do like them somewhat, but only in AU+. Like you mentioned, circulation is tough on them.

Here is one of them with a very nice die crack.

 

Remember that there is only one Germany. And as they say in Berlin along with this coin :
" Da ist nur ein Deutschland "

 

I actually do, but honestly mostly go for silver coins. Here's one I got recently similar to Gbroke's...

 

:yes:What the heck, in solidarity.

 

Or there's two, or three. Depends on the year you are looking at. Here are two Stein coins issued in 1981 (Fed.Rep. 5 DM, GDR 20 M, 150th anniversary of his death).

Christian

 

In that case, let me an add image (not mine, obviously) that combines Stein and aluminum. So-called notgeld (actually for fundraising) from Westphalia which at that time was a Prussian province.

Christian

 

This is a 1/2 Taler from Hall with a mintage of 700 and is PCGS 53. There were two master engravers that did the engravings on the dies for this coin. This is one coin that is very hard to find.

 

This is one of my favorites. It is a 4 Taler that is very large.

 

I bought a group of 1 marks and they arrived today. They were inexpensive and I was hoping for some decent grades and some J mint marks, which can get pricey in higher quality.

Overall a decent lot, I did find some low mintage ones, and some nice quality ones.

I was pleased with the J mark and G mark.

1906 J - 400k minted


1903 G - 600k

 

This is a commemorative Taler that is not found much in high grades.

 

By the way, in numismatic history there are two places named Hall around here which are quite significant. One is "yours", (Schwäbisch) Hall in BW, DE where the "Heller" coin had its origin; the other one is Hall (Tyrol, AT) where a coin type was first made that would later become famous as the taler. A city name like that, or one that ends in -hall, usually indicates salt mining, and such a resource was often a neat source of income. Your Hall, so to say, was a free city until the early 19c, hence the effigy of the HRE emperor (instead of some "regional" duke, prince, etc.) on the coin. You may well know all this, but why not add it.

Christian

 

You are correct, I will start to give some history with the coins I post. I should have done this, as I do it on all other forums.

 

Great! Actually I meant it in the sense of a collective effort: If you have any background info about a coin you post, please share it - and if not, others will hopefully contribute something.

Here is the very first collector coin from this country, a 5 DM piece which commemorates the Germanisches Nationalmuseum in Nürnberg. That museum had its centennial in 1952; the coin shows a fibula from around 500 that was found in San Marino.

As this was the premiere so to say, people nowadays pay between €500 and €1,000 for that coin, depending on the grade, and about €3,000 for a flawless proof piece. Problem is that, back when it was issued, even 5 DM was a lot of money for many, maybe too much to put it aside, so there aren't many in excellent condition.

Side note: San Marino issued a 2 scudi collector coin with the same fibula in 2004. And last year Cameroon came up with this 1500 FCFA piece that commemorates the 60th anniversary of that 5 DM coin.

Christian