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Message:: [QUOTE="sonlarson, post: 2158333, member: 15488"]Germany began minting a Silver 5 Marks commemorative series in 1952. This continued until 1979 when the coin started to be minted in Copper-Nickel. The Commemoratives switched to Silver again in 1986, but now in the 10 Marks. The reason I wanted to gather a few of these was not the subject matter, which always seemed to be the 125th or 375th or 500th anniversary of someones birth or death, but because everyone of them has a different eagle design. I found that fascinating and interesting. The coins are high mintage, usually 2 to 8,000,000 and low, 0.2250 ASW. This means they are not only available but inexpensive. However even in un-circulated, they don't seem to weather very well. Probably due to low Silver content. You just have to gloss over that. Or don't look too closely. I think the most I paid for any one coin was about $9. I counten 31 coins in the silver and about 14 in Copper-Nickel so this would not be a hard series to complete. The 10 Marks are even more fascinating in that the style of the eagle appears to match the style of the subject. I intend to grab a few of those in the near future to compliment the 5 marks. Here are the eagles, not in any particular order. Followed by the matching Subject. Which is your favorite? [ATTACH=full]415185[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]415186[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]