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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 3733824, member: 10461&quot;]I was about to say a pre-1937 Canadian quarter or dime, which also had crowns on top of their <a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/CANADA%2C_GEORGE_V_1917_-25_CENTS_a_-_Flickr_-_woody1778a.jpg/582px-CANADA%2C_GEORGE_V_1917_-25_CENTS_a_-_Flickr_-_woody1778a.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/CANADA%2C_GEORGE_V_1917_-25_CENTS_a_-_Flickr_-_woody1778a.jpg/582px-CANADA%2C_GEORGE_V_1917_-25_CENTS_a_-_Flickr_-_woody1778a.jpg" rel="nofollow">reverse</a> design, but you would see part of the maple leaf wreath if that were the case.&nbsp; The style of the crown, and the ribbons there on either side of it, confirm the ID as being an Imperial German coin, as [USER=101226]@Bradley Trotter[/USER] suggested.</p><p><br /></p><p>But what is the diameter of the coin, and is it silver or copper-nickel?&nbsp; There were German minor denominations (5- and 10-pfennig, for example) which bore the same crowned eagle design.</p><p><br /></p><p>If it is around the size of a US quarter, and silver, then it is a 1-mark piece.&nbsp; If it is sized more like a US nickel, and more the color of a nickel, then it&#039;s a 10-pfennig piece.&nbsp; A 5-pfennig would also be the color of a nickel, due to its copper-nickel composition, but smaller still- more like a US dime in size.</p><p><br /></p><p>That mustachioed gentleman looks quite Germanic.&nbsp; It&#039;s a very neat piece.&nbsp; Quite unusual and special, I&#039;d say.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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