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Guten Abend, Freunde und Münzensammler - Ich präsentieren diesen 1/6 Thaler von Preussen. Bitte, hier äußern Ihren Meinung, wenn Sie möchte. Prussia 1841, 1/6 Thaler -- Friedrich Wilhelm IV. Aurich (D) mint.   Warning: My German is somewhere between mediocre to pathetic. Read at your own risk. Member ANA - EAC - TNA - SSDC - CCT #890 "Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done." -- Louis D. Brandeis |
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GERMANICVS:
I love the river scenes! The 1772 10 Stück looks very Classical in its design; the Golddukat, I love the Æ ligature used on a coin for gefäßen. The Doppelthaler is in outstanding shape as well. Those are beautiful coins.
My father was born in Germany (Blaichach, Oberallgäu) and lived there until he was 8. I have never had a chance to go to Germany; we were planning on going to Munich for his 70th birthday in 2018 and doing a river cruise Munich to Vienna; but he passed away in May before we could go. It's my intent to go myself, when I am able, hopefully within a few years. He gave me his German coin collection many years ago, mostly 1910s to 1950s Pfennige, with some Notgeld and Papiermark/Rentenmark as well in the old glassine envelopes. There were a lot of late teens-early twenties Aachen 1 öcher grosche (10pf.) coins.
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First, many German coins feature the proud eagle so I love the irony of the 1822 Pfenning where the eagle is cross-dressed as ... the mighty chicken!  Second, isn't the relief of the 1913 three mark coin gorgeous?! I don't know what the buying power of the Mark was going into WWI, but the thin aluminum low-relief 1923 coin shown here reflects the inflationary economy ten years later.   |
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Goldmark
1913. 4 Mark per US Dollar.
Papiermark
1917. 8.2 Mark per US Dollar.
1919. 32 Mark per US Dollar.
Early 1921. 90 Mark per US Dollar.
Late 1921. 330 Mark per US Dollar.
Jan. 1923. 800 Mark per US Dollar.
Dec. 1923. 4.2 Billion Mark (German scale) per US Dollar.
Rentenmark
Jan. 1924. 4.2 Rentenmark per US Dollar. Pegged to the Goldmark.
Reichsmark
Jun. 1924. 4.2 Reichsmark per US Dollar. Pegged to the Goldmark.
Jun. 1940. 2.5 Reichsmark per US Dollar.
Jun. 1948. 3.3 Reichsmark per US Dollar.
Deutschmark (BRD / West Germany)
Sep. 1949. 4.2 DEM per US Dollar. Post-war devaluation.
But it wasn't all bad...
By 1995 the (unified) Deutschmark reached its all-time high vs. the USD at USD$1 = DEM 1.43.
Just some useful/useless trivia. :)
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Wow!  Thanks, Adam. Does anybody have an interest in the coin I posted above?
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Brandenburg 1682 6G :) I've had some luck finding some nice German States coins at the FUN shows recently.   |
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1841 Bremen 12 Grote  Speaking of hyperinflation...  1923 Westphalia 50 Million Mark |
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An MS63 ANYTHING from 1682 certainly qualifies as "nice" ;)
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In late 1923 you could have bought a loaf of fresh bread at the market for "only" zwei Milliarden (German 2 Milliard / US 2 billion) Mark.
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An MS63 ANYTHING from 1682 certainly qualifies as "nice" ;) Yeah, I came across it at within the first hour at the FUN show, and couldn't pass it up. Blew most my wad of spending money for the day too lol. But I had a blast browsing for a few more hours. :)
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Came across this medal for sale while browsing Bavaria tonight and had to have it, so I have it! It's not a coin, but I think it fits in here at any rate. Madonna Thalers get enough attention as it is.  Oct. 1846 (date commemorated) - Bavaria - Bronzed Æ prooflike medal, commemorating the construction and inauguration of the reception building, Augsburg Hauptbahnhof. One of the oldest Bahnhöfe halls in Germany. Ludwig I obverse. PCGS SP64. This hall was completely rebuilt in the 1880s and only parts of the architecture were retained, such as the cupola. Witt. 2689 / Forster 172, as attributed by seller. The medal was engraved by the well known Augsburg engraver Gottfried Drentwett, very active in the mid 1800s, and very skilled. He's listed in a 1846 trades directory as being "Hr. Drentwett, senior - Käufler", literally a trader or peddler. (Understatement much?) His son Carl later did a great job of killing the family engraving business, not by mismanagement, but because his artistic skills were nowhere near as good as his father's. (Medal)  (Auction listing by Hess, 1904, where it is listed as a 37mm bronze medal, done by Drentwett.)  Happy Collecting. AB Member ANA - EAC - TNA - SSDC - CCT #890 "Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done." -- Louis D. Brandeis |
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Heritage auctioned a big collection of German States coins tonight. Anyone pick up any? I noticed several lots selling very affordably, well under estimates. I grabbed 3 lots, will post some pics when they arrive :) I've really been enjoying German States over the last couple years myself. Beautiful coins.
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