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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I am thinking about starting a small collection of WW2 German coins, both silver and not silver, and am wondering for how much do they usually sell for. Are there any key dates in those coins and where can I get them in bulk? I read somewhere that you can buy them by the pound in Germany.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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Check sold ebay listings, but they are pretty cheap. The 1945s are rarer, as the war ended that year, but are still plentiful. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1911 Posts |
I don't know much, but the German 2 and 5 marks (silver) seem to go for around $8/$15 respectively
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
1191 Posts |
How much silver do the marks have and are there any folders or albums for the series?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Nazi coins are very cheap. Here are a few of mine with the prices I paid... $0   $8   $1   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
5828 Posts |
Ah, free, the best price you can ever pay for something!
Nice coins!
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Pillar of the Community
Germany
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I have most of the coins, I didn't pay that much, hardly ever pay over $10-$15 dollars for a coin at the best of times/
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Germany
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That's true. If you are talking about the whole 3rd Reich period though there are some key dates but if you are collecting by type, you will not have to spend too much. Especially the smaller denominations can be bought for a few $ in XF condition and as already mentioned even the silver coins will not be too expensive, unless you are looking for uncirculated condition.
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Pillar of the Community
Poland
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If you intend to limit yourself strictly to the 1939-45 period, that makes it a lot easier and cheaper than collecting the Third Reich as a whole. Some of the more expensive coins are thus eliminated (Luthers, Schillers, 2 RM 1936 etc.), though you'd still have to hunt down the two 1945 coins, and both holed zinc ones. Then, there is the 1939 50 reichspfennig in nickel. These five are rather unlikely to be found in bulk lots. Of course, if you want to collect by mintmark (not just type or date), it adds several new problems  |
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Sweden
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I find the prices to often be higher due to the "shock" factor, the fact they are from Nazi Germany makes them 'rare' for some reason and are suddenly worth considerably more.
If you have a thorough look around you can find them for not so much. I bough a 2 RM coin for about $4.50 at a coin shop here in Stockholm. I got my 5 RM for about $6. I also have a 2 Rpf, 5 Rpf and 1 RM, all of which have been picks from larger coin lots and have been next to free. These are my pre-war coins, the wartime coins are not as enticing to me, but here they go for a lot cheaper and can be found in junk bins at dealers and other places.
Naturally, the general collecting opinion regarding these coins might be very different in the US or anywhere else. I'm not very far away from their country of origin.
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Pillar of the Community
Norway
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Here in Norway, all non-silver coins go for junk bin value (max $0.20 per coin) or by the kilogram and all silver goes for melt value or just above, unless in mint state. It should be fairly simple to get the total collection, as there are not many different coins and supplies are plenty.
Are you also interested in collecting German occupation money from other countries? Then things might get a bit more tricky, as there's much more and some coins have significantly smaller mintage numbers.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1191 Posts |
I would like to try to collect them all from 1924-1948 from all mints. Is there a catalogue of them available somewhere or do you know of any available online for free? I don't feel like buying the oversized book for world coins and end up using it as a paperweight or a doorstop.
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Pillar of the Community
Poland
3201 Posts |
I suppose the German book would be "Die Deutschen Münzen seit 1871" by Kurt Jaeger. And since my link to an online resource was "auto-removed", here's another one: http://www.muenzkatalog-online.de/k...gal_611.htmlClick on the "Mehr" by each coin to get a date and mintmark list. Edited by DL20K
06/27/2016 12:58 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Thank you very much DL20K!
Too bad I don't speak German, but then again, that's the job of google translate.
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Pillar of the Community
Norway
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Google translate has its flaws. If there's some translations that don't make sense, then I guess we have enough people here who command the language to help out a bit. I think I understand hwy you want to start in 1924. That way you won't have to collect Notgeld (which was produced til 1923). I once started collecting that a bit, out of interest, and my conclusion is that there's just too much to collect. I once saw that there's over 160.000 different pieces produced in all forms, shapes and materials. often it's not even money, but more like a bar token ('good for 1 glass of beer'), for example. 1924 and onward at least gave you some real 'money' again.  |
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Pillar of the Community
Poland
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Ah, you must have chosen the whole Reichsmark period! And while that choice does mean all the 5 RM oak tree coins and all the Weimar commemoratives (not to mention the ones already mentioned above), it would certainly make an interesting collection! That said, it's not a task I'd even think of undertaking!  |
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