Some Great German Coins I Purchased!

Jaysdad, I hear what your saying where I come from it's alot of money too! We must be near the same place. Even though this purchase was a huge financial gamble( one that I wont do again) it worked out for the better this time. After I purchased these I decided to make sure I do my homework before buying foreign coins again. For some reason these just felt right, and I really liked them too! I think that more than anything it taught me to look outside the box of my U.S. coins and now I learned how many beautiful coins there are in the world! Looking at these just floors me! As for the reflectivity goes on some of them it sure does look mirrored but mostly on the reverse of the coins. Similar to a DMPL Morgan Here are a few more coins. I beleive the 1/4 skilling is Norwegian which is where my grandmother is from. This coin will be a birthday present to my sister. The other large copper coin big nearly the size of a half dollar. I think it may be French. Also there is the 2 mark version of the Hesse Darmstadt.

I see, well still very interesting! What is the best book for researching coins from the 1800-1900's? Thanks for the help.

I wish I could help on the book. Out of curiosity, I just checked against Sweden's king at the time.

I meant this one.
You already have pre-1871 coins, and some catalogs start from 1871.
This includes 1601+

http://cgi.ebay.pl/Krause-German-Co...og_W0QQitemZ150186206191QQihZ005QQcategoryZ34448QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

I'm no expert, but they don't look as like the fakes I've seen..

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The Germans publish a 1871+ listing with prices in some magazine too. But still, you have older coins as well..

If I had the opportunity, I would have the German silvers graded (what would also mean authenticating them). These aren't common German coins so copies might exist. I would want to be sure.
.. unless of course they were bought from a 100% sure, known, widely respected dealer/auction house etc. then it's not absolutely necessary, but still you could get them graded
They don't seem to have problems and the details look sharp.

Well - here, graded coins do receive a premium when they're slabbed and therefore deemed to be genuine.
(Unless they're "graded" by EEC/GCN )
In the US, it might be different, and about that I can say nothing.

I just got back from the book store where I found a huge book of world coins I looked at it but didn't buy because it was 60$! It listed the Hesse Darmstadt being struck in a regular version and a proof version where the proof version has a matte finish on the obverse and a reflective shiny proof finish on the back, with a mintage of about 2,250. Could the two coins I have be the proof versions? The reverses sure do scream at me and the obverse looks real mattey!