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Pillar of the Community
 United States
1949 Posts |
Nice little group there! The brassy looking one that drifts furthest to the right I have not seen before, looks like maybe a private issue?
The aluminum one that drifts furthest to the left I have not seen either, looks like a Dresden factory token?
Thanks for sharing!
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Bedrock of the Community
United Kingdom
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I don't specialise in German coins but I have accumulated quite a large number over the years. In 2000 I was working with an English tour operator in the beautiful village of Oberammergau in the Bavarian Alps, looking after tourists who had come to see the famous Passion Play. This was less than two years before the Euro was introduced, and I tried to get as many pfennig and Mark coins from circulation as I could! I have also some older German coins, bought mainly from dealers' junk trays in the UK. This is one of them - a silver Hindenburg 5-Mark from 1935:   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Me too. My first love is 2nd Reich but I couldn't leave the earlier thalers alone. Also like all the rest especially the circulation types. Weimar and Bundes.Rep. commem's don't interest me too much. Started with my father's WWII souvenirs. This led to German paper currency and the military medals of the German states. Haven't been very active in years with the coins.
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Actually 'jderm', both are! The brassy one is the 10 matching to the 2 on the other side, both issued by Lingner Werke (Dresden). The obverse on both shows the founder, here a link for information http://www.dresdner-stadtteile.de/Z...r-werke.htmlMaybe there should be a thread/topic on 'Notgeld' and other money of necessity, have some more. |
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Valued Member
United States
136 Posts |
I have been putting together an interesting collection of the pre-1871 German States. I only have a couple of thalers. The rest are small denomination issues, but there are some harder to find places among them.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I collect world coins, so naturally Germany is a part of my collection. . . . I like to try and collect by mints and year. Like triggersmob, I am one of those nuts who just can't say 'no' to a world coin if it is the least bit different from the one sitting next to it in a five-for-a-buck bucket.  Germany presents an *impossible* challenge for those with but -one- life to live, what with allll those many mintmarks.  Most of my worldwide collection has come from random auction lots of mixed quality and quantity, which usually sell fairly cheaply within my local travel zone, and are always fun to pick through. I do on occasion buy higher end pieces, but have slowed way down on that due to the massive amount of fakes that are showing up online, and have even begun to filter down to the local coin dealers who don't know world stuff well enough to spot the deceptions. Here are a few of the better specimens I have managed to acquire over the past few years. Sorry about the variable photo quality. -msy         |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1949 Posts |
mysilveryears, very nice pieces! The Frankfurt piece is especially so!
medieval, I think a Notgeld and money of necessity thread would be a great idea!
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Pillar of the Community
3772 Posts |
Excellent coins 'mysilveryears', btw the building on the second Frankfurt coin is called the "Roemer" and is still used today as the city hall.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1888 Posts |
Thanks for the appreciative comments.
This thread brings to mind a question I have had for some time that remains unanswered: Do collectors of common minor coins from populous countries such as Germany, France et. al. have albums available to put them in, like we have Dansco and Whitman in the USA?
And if so, where might one view and shop for these albums?
I have thought of making my own, and have the knowledge + skills to do so, but it's a very time consuming, tedious process. I have often wished Whitman and Dansco would expand beyond their limited world offerings. I bet doing so would spurt an interest in 'darkside' collecting far beyond where it is today.
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Pillar of the Community
Germany
1238 Posts |
Leuchtturm here in DE makes such albums, mostly for euro coins. But American collectors of German coins seem to be primarily interested in pieces that are not from this country (Federal Republic of Germany), and whether they are available for such old coins, I do not actually know. Then again I do not use or like those "put-that-coin-into-this-hole" albums myself. ;) Others may prefer them of course ...
Christian
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Pillar of the Community
United States
684 Posts |
Question about a reference book.
I am considering adding a Wildman Taler to my collection. Have the KM books but ever remembering to buy the book before the coin, am curious about DAV reference numbers. What Davison book is commonly referenced in this regard ie. Dav-6528, KM-57.1? Is it Large Size Silver Coins of the World: 16th-19th Centuries?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
684 Posts |
Oops, I meant John Davenport as the author.
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Valued Member
United States
136 Posts |
Initially I just got a couple of miscellaneous albums and used the variable hole sizes to accomodate the various sizes of the coins I had. The problem was that I ended up running out of the more common sizes and had holes that were too big, or coins that were too small. Everything that I get now is put in 2x2 Safe-T flips.
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Valued Member
United States
211 Posts |
I collect mostly German coins (I'm starting to branch out). Here's a custom set I created on the NGC website over a year ago. It's probably due for updated pictures since I have taken some better photos since then and upgraded several coins. https://coins.www.collectors-societ...aspx?s=14505Here's a link to coins they have photos of on my PCGS sets: http://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/mem...45037&Page=1 I am about 182 out of ~206 on the German Empire 1 Pfennig set. I am only a couple coins short on my Bundesrepublik Silver Eagle 5 Mark set and 5/10 Mark Commemorative set. I have about 1700 unique (different, date, type, or MM) German coins from after 1871. The number is still rising quickly, but I seem to be focusing on quality over quantity these days. I only buy cheap stuff to fill holes when I don't want to spend money. |
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New Member
United Kingdom
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I have loads of German coins for sell.. Not sure how to add a picture on here.. interested I can email you pictures.. Various amounts & years
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