I have a 1939 coin. On the front there's an eagle perched on a reath with it's wings spread. Inside the reath is the swastika(i dont know how to spell that but im talking about the nazis symbol). Under that it says Deutlches Reich 1939. On the back it has a number 5. It says what I think is Reichaofenning. Under that is two leaves on either side of a capital F. What do you think is worth. If it helps it's in good condition.
Not a lot. Those are fairly common so don't hope you can cash in on them. Not too sure if the mint type and year will help but you can find them in many dealer's junk coin lots.
labatt, It's a 5 mark German 90% silver coin,The F indicates it was made in Stuttgart.The guy on the obverse is Paul von Hindenburg,the man they named the airship after.It's worth between $7.50 and $25.00 depending on the condition,even more if it's in uncirculated state.
Hmm, I think that "Reichaofenning" means Reichspfennig rather than Mark. That 5 Pf coin is worth (costs) about €1 in VF, or €12 in BU ... Christian
Christian,I think he is referring to the 5 Reichsmark,which has Hindenburg's portrait,not the 5 Reichspfennig. Aidan.
Hello Aidan, Christian is right: labatt is speaking of 5 reichspfennig, he is also speaking of 2 (oak) leaves under that and he is NOT referring to a portrait whatsoever. So, he is asking information about the aluminum-bronze 5 reichspfennig and not about the silver 5 reichsmark. bart
Aidan, the 1939 5 reichspfennig is aluminum-bronze. It was made in zinc from 1940 on. Bu the way, Krause gives for 1939F a mintage of 10,339,000 and a catalog value of: F/VF/XF/Unc/BU:0.10/0.20/1.00/6.00/10.00 in US$ bart
I have quite a few Nazi coins as i'm a big WW2 buff. The German 2 and 5 RM coins are very well made for the time. Very attractive as well. Anyone know what a 1938 2RM coin would be worth? It's in AU condition
Unfortunately, the Krause book does not list a value for AU, but it has XF and UNC. Here are the listed values for each 1938 2RM in XF/UNC...so you can estimate the AU value (to give you a ballpark). 1938-A: $5/$11 1938-B: $5/$15 1938-D: $5/$16 1938-E: $5/$16 1938-F: $6.50/$20 1938-G: $5.50/$17 1938-J: $5.50/$17
I have a 2 mark...bought it for the great portrait of von Hindenburg, he looks like a bulldog...I also have a bronze medal with him on it. ^^ this is the coin the original poster is refering to of course. both these coin are rather common, they are all over ebay when you search for german coins.
Thanks. It's an 1938-A...which i beleive is Berlin? Unsure how it would grade really, but i'm not concerned with that. I just love the history aspects of the coin I have quite a few Riechspfennigs. They are common and cheap. After 1940 or so they come in zinc which looks dull and corroded after time. The better looking coins are the pre-40 versions as they have some color to them.
Yes, A is Berlin. According to Krause, there were 13,201,000 2RM coins minted that year...which is the highest 1938 2RM mintage. I am currently in the process of reading and researching German Third Reich cosins because I have a simular WWII interest. Once I have enough information to actually begin putting together a set (as well as the finicial resources...I want a rather complete German set from 1933-1948). But, I find them very interesting...my research is still fairly small but if there is anyn info you are looking for perhaps I have found it.
Oh well ... the 5 RM is more nicely designed anyway. And, @labatt, this type of characters is a little difficult to read - for Germans too. Here you see (on the left) an uppercase S, (on the right) a lowercase s usually used at the end of a word or syllable, and (center) a lowercase s used elsewhere. The one in the middle if commonly miftaken for an f -- errm, s. Christian
That middle version was used (a variation, anyway) in the US in the 18th century in printed materials (books, etc.). Interesting to know the origin.
The 'f' like 's' also appears on old British Isles documents even earlier than the 18th Century.I find it very difficult to read some inscriptions on Notgeld notes,because of the type of style. Aidan.
