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New Member
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Hello!
Kept coin for it has the "swat"? sign on it? (Grandfather was Jewish) 2 on back with Deutftches Reicn 1939 maybe?! But would like to know history of this coin if anyone knows it! Says 1847 - 1934, Paul Von Hindenbung? I think!!
Thank you for any help!
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New Member
 United States
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Any history on this coin? I sure would appreciate it! It isn't a "WOW" coin for me! It is a coin given to me for I am Jewish also. Never used to say that! I have my own beliefs now but just want to find out history on this coin! Can anyone help me?
Thank you!
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 United States
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I don't have any history but I do have a picture  Not Allowed - Auto-Removed /countries/img4/73-93.jpg) (131231) Not Allowed - Auto-Removed |
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New Member
United States
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Thank you! I do hope tho that someone has some kind of info on this coin.....
Thanks!
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New Member
United States
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Great pic too! I can't take a pic of a coin to save my life! Very nice!!
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It is, of course, from Nazi Germany. The name of the country is "Deutsches Reich" (German State). The "Fraktur" script, officially preferred by the Nazis, has a few odd-shaped letters compared to modern Western scripts, including an f-shaped long-s and a very short-backed lowercase h. The design on this coin is often described as the "Nazi-Hindenburg" or "swastika-Hindenburg" series. 2 reichsmark and 5 reichsmark coins can be found with this design, issued from 1936 until the outbreak of war in 1939. It's made of .625 fine silver. Paul von Hindenburg was a popular hero of the first World War who became President of pre-Nazi Germany. His death in 1934 removed the last obstacle to the Nazis taking full control of the government. When he died, the Nazis used the commemorations of his death for their own ends. These coins are one example of this; a certain famous airship was another. 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
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I just bought one of those coins last week, for $2, I'm sure it is worth much more then that!
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Germany
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The name of the country is "Deutsches Reich" (German State). The "Fraktur" script, officially preferred by the Nazis, has a few odd-shaped letters compared to modern Western scripts, including an f-shaped long-s and a very short-backed lowercase h.
Right, in Fraktur you have two different types of lowercase S: the "round s" at the end of a syllable, the "long s" elsewhere. That is why the "Deutsches" has both varities in one word. There is only one "h" though. By the way, the nazis preferred blackletter types only until 1941. In January '41 the Reich's government decided that Antiqua should be the "deutsche Normalschrift" now and be used for printed matters. On German Reich coinage, however, you will see Fraktur until 1948 ... One problem with Fraktur or other blackletter fonts on coins is the characters will have different sizes, no matter whether you use "all caps" (which is rare with blackletter) or uppercase and lowercase mixed as on this coin. Nowadays Fraktur is not used on German circulation coins, but from time to time it may be used on commemorative pieces. Christian |
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