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Valued Member
United States
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how much cash are we talking here to obtain a COMPLETE third reich set?
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Valued Member
United States
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2 of the four nazi coins I have came from junk bins...and one even has a swastika and the other was a 5 mark. I have heard to watch out for the pure zinc coins as they will disintegrate in time? Is this true? I thin my 50 pfennig is the non zinc coin.
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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If you wanted one coin of every value, for every year, for every mintmark......then depends on the grade.....but you would be talking over $10,000 for complete set in reasonable order.
Yes zaggy I do have a number of duplicates, some I have purchased more than once (not marking off my list) and others have purchased a better grade.
Edited by humpybong
04/08/2008 11:17 pm
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Valued Member
United States
178 Posts |
10k ouch, I think I just spend 50 bucks getting a handfull of nice looking common ones. lol
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Valued Member
Australia
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$10K, wow Humpy, thats pretty decent actually... I was thinking more like $15K-18K; depends where you shop tho!
If youre looking to off-load some of your duplicates, you should still have my email address... :)
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Valued Member
Australia
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Libertad Peso - Not quite disintegrate, but corrosion will remove all trace of the detail on the faces... Whatever you do, DONT expose them to moisture or worse, WARMTH and MOISTURE... Make sure theyre as dry as they can be (if heard of guys putting them in a oven about 120deg to dry them, then dunking them in light oil to seal them too) and SEAL THEM into something air-tight...
Ive also heard 'Hair Spray Lacquer', but I'm not game to try!! :)
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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You are correct Zaggy...15-18K...I did say OVER $10,000
Will email you what I have. Need to check it is up to date.
And I have just purchased the last coin I was after and now have a complete set. Glad that's over...now what is next?
Edited by humpybong
04/09/2008 11:17 pm
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Valued Member
Australia
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You got that 39G? NICE WORK MATE!
Reichskreditkassen or Allierten Besetzung Next? Or my approach; Currency Reform sets!
No email from you yet, but you do have to check it up to date... :)
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Valued Member
Spain
58 Posts |
Hello, Humpybong.
If I were you I would start with Third Reich coins in territories that were occupied during the War: Poland, Belgium, etc, and "satellite countries" (Bohemia, Slovakia, etc.).
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Valued Member
Australia
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Kreuzer, SHHHH, I'm working on bits of that! I don't need Humpy providing competition! :) I do have a few B&M issues, Netherlands, Denmark and a single Poland Issue... Also have most of the French stuff minted while occupied by Germany...
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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Hmmmmm.....good idea Kreuzer
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Valued Member
Spain
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Hey Zaggy, did you say Netherlands?
I havenīt got my collection here with me so I canīt post images, but, are we talking about 1,5, 10 and 25 cents zinc coins? I ask you this because Iīm not sure these coins were minted by Third Reich.
Edited by Kreuzer
04/13/2008 10:38 am
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Valued Member
Spain
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Many collectors feel attracted by Third Reich coins and I suppose there are many reasons for this.
In my case these coins have their place in my collection because I am interested in studying the relationships between European coin designs in 1900-1945.
In my view, Nazi designs are nothing new. Low value coins (1,2, 5 and 10 Reichspfennig), stem from old Imperial designs: simple, big figures and stylized eagle with nazi symbol. Weimar Republic (The Government immediately before Third Reich), had the same basic design (without the eagle and the imperial memories). These general design will be kept in Federal Republic (again the eagle disappeared).
Silver coins with the Hindenburg bust may be related with Polish coins with Jozef Pilsudski bust. On the other hand, the coins with the Postdam garrison church are a mistery for me because I donīt know any coin with this kind of design before 30īs. Iīm sure they must have a previous model because Nazis were not especially original.
Well, I could write more about these topics but I donīt want to bore the audience.
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Valued Member
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Kreuzer: Netherlands are in the scope, yeah. not so much because the Third Reich ACTUALLY minted the coins, BUT because the coins were minted under Third Reich Occupation. I have a small few of the Netherlands occupation releases (Zinc ones of course, from memory at least 2x 20c and something else) amongst my slowly growing collection of coins from this era (France, Denmark, Norway, B&M, Poland as well)...
As for the Third Reich designs, yes, quite a few were descendants of the types of coin used in the Kaiserreich period. As you rightly point out tho, the Potsdam mit datum and the Potsdam ohne Datum are rather unique in European coinage of the time. BUT at the same time, they are very definately commemoratives of the 'Day of Potsdam' and the Garison Church is the most obvious image to use! Unless you wanted to use an image of Hitler shacking Hindenburg's hand! :)
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