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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 1061732, member: 39&quot;]Ah, the unbeaded twoer. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; That 2 M coin from 1904 was &quot;against the law&quot; - according to the coinage act, those pieces had to have a ring of beads, just as on the side with the eagle. The Bremen coin did not have one, but when that &quot;mistake&quot; was discovered, it was too late, the coins had already been issued. The production of the 5 M coin, however, could be stopped, and the beadless fivers were melted down - except for about 20 to 30 pieces. (One of those fetched more than €12,000 at an auction in 2006 ...) The new version was dated 1906, and had the beads.</p><p><br /></p><p>Those were the last Bremen coins issued during the years of the monarchy. In the Weimar Republic, Bremen issued undated &quot;ersatz money&quot; in 1924 - that is, after the inflation years. The coins came out in March 1924, in six denominations (2, 5, 10, 20, 50 Pfennig and 1 Mark) but were withdrawn six months later when the Reichsmark coinage came out. Here is a 20 Pf piece for example: <a href="http://www.muenzauktion.com/bodde/item.php5?id=81218016" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.muenzauktion.com/bodde/item.php5?id=81218016" rel="nofollow">http://www.muenzauktion.com/bodde/item.php5?id=81218016</a></p><p><br /></p><p>And people who collect &quot;Bremen related&quot; coins may also be interested in this one:</p><p><a href="http://ec.europa.eu/economy_finance/images/coins/de_2010.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://ec.europa.eu/economy_finance/images/coins/de_2010.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://ec.europa.eu/economy_finance/images/coins/de_2010.jpg</a></p><p>That is a €2 commem from the series of State Twoers. Nice design, except that the country indicator on the ring is just a &quot;D&quot; (as on the license plates) and not the &quot;DE&quot;. Maybe the government did that because it has not made it to the times of ISO codes and top level domains yet. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> That single D looks like a mintmark ...</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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