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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;harley bissell, post: 2819303, member: 88212&quot;]I used a metal detector in Germany from 1974 to 1977. Buffalos and war nickels were easy to find in circulation although normal silver coins had disappeared from circulation.Don&#039;t recall whether cents were used in the PX but they could be cashed at the credit union and on base banks and I was digging cents as new as 1970 according to my ledger of finds. German coin shops had a junk bin of foreign coins price at ten coins per mark. I took any coin with a face value of more than a nickel and any obsolete type coins no matter what the face value. No silver coins were in the bins but many were available for a premium. When I arrived US $20 gold pieces were available from the bank for $40 if they chose the date and $80 if you chose the date. People who spent the extra money told me there were no better dates and no high grades. Lotteries for the various states offered payments of the grand prize in your choice of any currency in the world OR gold at the spot price on the day of the drawing.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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