1 deutsche mark.nothing too special, but i have never seen one before. looks just like this, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:1-DM-Coin-German.jpg , but its a 1983. my wife got this at work. i guess someone used it as a quarter. i looked at exchange rate and found it was worth 70 cents or so. i thought that wasnt bad for a quarter, but now i found out its no longer legal tender since they adopted the euro in 2002 i think. oh well i still like it.
German coins This is actually a 1 mark piece, dated 1983 with a weight of approximately 5.5 grams, a diameter of 23.5 mm and struck in cupper-nickel alloy. HOwever, these pieces were struck at 4 different mints within Germany, recognizable by the letters D (Munich, 18200000 pieces minted), F (Stuttgart, 21000000 pieces minted), G (Karlsruhe, 12100000 pieces minted) and J (Hamburg, 18690000 pieces minted). The letter can be found on the obverse (side with the eagle) below the eagle between the letters D (end of Deutschland) and B (beginning of bundesrepublik). This coin was legal tender until beginning 2002 when it was replaced by the euro on a fixed rate of 1,95583 mark (DEM) for 1 euro (EUR).
thank you for the info. mine is a g. dont suppose different mints make any difference of value? if there is any at all to these. i think i read you could still trade these in for euro, but im pretty sure i would have to go to germany. i wonder how many of these got hoarded with the intro of the euro.
Its a very common coin, I sell them on eBay in bulk back to the Germans to redeem against the Euro, same as Spanish Pasetas in values over 100PTS.
