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And, while we have some good representation from Asia, we're missing what I think is a pretty attractive design from Indonesia (also it might be the largest aluminum coin I've owned outside those 5 F French Colony coins):   |
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Aschaffenburg 10 Pfennig Notgeld 1917:
Very nice! I have this one  1961 Indonesia 50 Sen   |
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Nice! That must be half dollar size?
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Edited by Dorado
01/19/2019 11:35 pm
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Free Hansiatic City of Hamburg -- 500000 marks (notgeld), 1923: Excellent!  Quote:
I'll move into a tie with Dorado for oldest zinc coin. Aschaffenburg 10 Pfennig Notgeld 1917: Well done.  |
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I only have 3 zinc coins. Protectorate of Tonkin -- 1/600 piaster, 1905:   |
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Too late. I just dumped my gallon plastic container of zinc one cent Lincolns at the Coinstar! I'm a CRH. hee hee sorry, couldn't resist. I'll show myself out the door now.
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I only have 3 zinc coins.
Protectorate of Tonkin -- 1/600 piaster, 1905: Super! Moves the clock back on zinc by a dozen years, and quite an unusual denomination. Looks like it's in amazing condition! |
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1948 F Germany. 10 Reichspfennig Allied Occupation.   Material : Zinc |
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Province of Westphalia -- 50000000 marks (notgeld), 1923 (Al):   |
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Province of Westphalia -- 50000000 marks (notgeld), 1923 (Al): Very nice! |
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1923 A Germany Weimar Republic. 500 Mark.   |
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The coin universe is saturated with diminuitive bits of once shiny aluminum that are largely overlooked by collectors and whose ultimate purpose is to drift to the bottom of dealers' four for a buck bins and get shuffled around until they end up reduced to toxic powder. My one rule about collecting this sort of specie is that it needs to be in high grade. Worn out aluminum coins are as appealing as trying to survive on rutabagas in a Siberian winter. Also, long term storage demands these soft, reactive metals be kept in a low humidity environment, out of direct contact with other coins. That said, the amount of detail that can be imprinted on these tiny coins is often impressive. I remember some of these low value issues being glued to cereal boxes in the 1950's as a way to promote the sale of breakfast food.    I seem to have more than one of these. Need one, let me know; I like to swap. Sorry, I do not know the country of origin of these four, but it's likely many of you folks do.    |
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Croatia -- 2 kune, 1941 (Zinc):   |
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