Hey y'all! Don't ask me where I found this thing... can't remember! I've had it for a long time and never knew what it really was. And I can't give any clue other than what you can see on the pictures! Looks like a 2 "cents" coin dated 1907 from I can't figure out where... :desk: http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/245/mone0017bt.jpg http://img507.imageshack.us/img507/5342/mone0027gt.jpg Thanks!!! Max
I'm guessing it's a 2 pfenning peice (from German empire). You can probably go checking on ebay.de for an idea of pricing, but I'd guess $1-10 range. There's a good chance I'm wrong too .
Oh, made a little search from what you just said and if I look to the following link, it looks like you were right! http://www.nizzola-foto.ch/monete/monete%20tedesche%203.html Thanks a lot! Max Well if anyone has something to add, please do so!
to CoinTalk Max. Your item is definitely not a German Imperial 2 pfennig. KM#16 has a very similar reverse but the obverse is totally different, in that it contains the legend "Deutsches Reich", the year, and the word "Pfennig" around the circumfereance. The coins were also mintmarked either A, D, E, F, G or J. It's not a coin of any of the German States either, as the Imperial Government minted all 1 Mark and subsidiary coins in the early 20th Century, allowing the States to mint only coins with a value greater than 1 Mark. I'm going to guess that your "coin" - and the pictures at the Italian site as well - are Verrechnungs & Gutscrifts Tokens, similar in purpose to our own Hard Times and Civil War Tokens. Krause describes them as follows: The size, reverse similarity, and lack of country or denomination ID all point in the direction of trade tokens IMHO.
This coin is an Austrian 2 heller coin (KM#2801). Mintage for 1907 is 23.804.000 and catalog value in Krause is F/VF/XF/Unc: 0.15/0.25/0.75/3.00 US$. bart
Ohh!! hehe good work! But now.. there are many theories... after a quick search, I think bart found it!!:thumb: That is it! :: KM#2801 1907 Look there.. http://www.krischanphoto.com/austria/coins/1892/km2801/2heller.htm Thanks a lot!!! :high5:
