Help Identifying These 2 Items | Bodensee Tourist Thalers

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mikehy Valued Member South Africa 147 Posts	Posted 11/09/2011 07:22 am Any help in identifying these two items would be appreciated. They are silver and weigh between 25 and 26 grams. Items are 40mm across. Were advised that they are .999 pure. Thanks, Mike. Identified - moved to Exonumia forum - Sap Report this Post to the Staff

Sap Moderator Australia 16826 Posts	Posted 11/09/2011 10:40 pm They are "tourist dollars" or, more precisely, "tourist thalers". They aren't legal tender coins. The "Bodensee", also known as Lake Constance or Lake Konstanz, is in central Europe on the border between Germany and Switzerland. In the top coin, we see a map of some of the German cities and towns on the lake shore, on the other side are people wearing traditional costumes of the area. For the second one, "Weihnacht" means "Christmas", so this is a Lake Constance Christmas thaler from 1995. "Hochaltarbild" means "high altarpiece", from the St Stephens church. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
mikehy Valued Member South Africa 147 Posts	Posted 11/10/2011 02:06 am Many thanks to SAP for the quick reply, it is greatly appreciated. A final question - do you know if the actual silver content is .999 or not? Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16826 Posts	Posted 11/10/2011 02:10 am Well, they both say "999" on them, so I'd assume so, unless you had reason to suspect otherwise. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
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