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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 1561337, member: 39&quot;]That coin ceased to be legal tender in April 1975, and could be redeemed until the end of March 1977. But as the Cu-Ni coin that replaced it had a similar design, some of those silver pieces may afterwards have &quot;circulated&quot; to some extent indeed.</p><p><br /></p><p>In Germany the 5 DM silver coin, last minted in 1974, was legal tender until the end of July 1975. Since it could (and still can) be redeemed, some people may have used it after that date, but I suppose those were exceptions.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, both Austria and Germany issued silver collector coins at face value until late 2010 (AT) or early 2011 (DE). So theoretically people could come across them in circulation. Practically, however, pretty much every piece stayed in the hands of dealers and collectors. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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