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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 1647083, member: 39&quot;]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. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>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 <a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Ostgoten-fibel.jpg/284px-Ostgoten-fibel.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Ostgoten-fibel.jpg/284px-Ostgoten-fibel.jpg" rel="nofollow">fibula</a> from around 500 that was found in San Marino.</p><p><br /></p><p>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&#039;t many in excellent condition.</p><p><br /></p><p>Side note: San Marino issued a 2 scudi collector coin with the same fibula in 2004. And last year Cameroon came up with this <a href="http://www.reppa.de/8713-1500_Francs_Kamerun_Germanisches_Museum.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.reppa.de/8713-1500_Francs_Kamerun_Germanisches_Museum.htm" rel="nofollow">1500 FCFA</a> piece that commemorates the 60th anniversary of that 5 DM coin. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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