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This coming November 11 will mark the centenary of the armistice that effectively ended the First World War. I'll start this off with a French franc. Over 50 million of this denomination were struck for the year in .835 fine silver.   Colligo ergo sum
Edited by Lucky Cuss 01/04/2018 6:09 pm
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In stark contrast to the lovely silver French franc I posted above, here's a couple of locally issued German notgeld coins. The first is a 15 pfennig from Munich, made from zinc (Funck #348.1).   The other is a 25 pfennig from Coblenz, ferrous in composition (Funck #80.2). This one is marked as "kreigsgeld" (literally, "war money").  
Colligo ergo sum
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Maybe this coin was a necklace at one time...  
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One year type Armavir 1918 3 ruble 
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Lovely tone on that quarter! 
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5 pfennig from Germany: 
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Cheers Don
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Here's a German 10 pfennig that doesn't seem to have circulated much (if at all). Of course, within just a few years after their issue, hyperinflation had rendered these utterly worthless. Toward the end of 1923, a ton of them (as in actual aggregate weight as opposed to a mere figure of speech(, even if anyone would've accepted such a ridiculous form of payment, probably couldn't have bought a loaf of bread.  
Colligo ergo sum
Edited by Lucky Cuss 01/06/2018 07:05 am
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Some Canadian / Newfoundland coins from 1918, the dime may have been through a battle or two;   
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