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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TexAg, post: 3900357, member: 86167&quot;]This is a companion post to my “Old German Banknotes” post yesterday. My mother-in-law gave me these coins for my Foreign Coin Album. Her 1st husband (Fred) was a Sgt in the Army Air Corp, serving as a Gunner / Radio Operator on a B-24. In 1943, his bomber was shot down over the Mediterranean after a mission over France. He and 10 other survivors of the crash landing at sea managed to get into the life raft. They spent 4 days without food and water until a German sea plane rescued and captured them, but not before their Navigator died and was buried at sea. He was a POW in 3 different camps before being liberated by Patton.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>He must have gotten the German, Italian, and Philippine (US Administration) coins while serving overseas. The German 5 and 10 pfennig coins have similar obverse designs (Imperial Eagle with shield) and are Cu-Ni. They bear mint marks on both sides of the eagle’s tail of A - Berlin, D - Munich, F - Stuttgart, &amp; J - Hamburg. The oldest 5 pfennig is an 1890-J, the oldest 10 pfennig is an 1875-F. The Philippine/US 1944 5 Centavos is Cu-Ni. The Philippine/US 1944-D 10 Centavos is .750 silver. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie85" alt=":smuggrin:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> The 1926-R 10 Centesimi is Cu from Italy. The 2 French coins are 1943 2 Francs and are Al. The diamond shaped 1957 India 5 Naye Paise was minted in Mumbai (Bombay), and is Cu-Ni. I haven’t ID’d the Oriental coin, it is Al and the size of a US nickel with a reeded edge. The 1999 1 Centim coin is made of Al and is from Andorra, a very small country between France and Spain in the Pyrenees. I was very happy that she gave me these coins, and will make fine additions to my foreign collection <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1028013[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1028014[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1028015[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1028016[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1028017[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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