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Posted 10/31/2008 02:55 am
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I guess I am going to change my avatar.
I guess I am going to change my avatar.
Nah, no need to - it is a good design, I think, and the piece will still be worth its gold content. Besides, the avatar shows one side only - apart from those reading this, nobody can tell the year from the image.
I would keep it unless or until you get bored with it ...Quote:
Also the other coin is a 1950 J 50 phennig.
Also the other coin is a 1950 J 50 phennig.
That is not a German Reich coin, as you can tell, but a piece from the Federal Republic of Germany, and that type was in circulation until the end of 2001. In fact, it was very common to find 50 Pf coins dated 1950 even ten years ago or so: This denomination, and a few others, started with a frozen date. So all 50 Pf pieces made between 1950 and 1965 (mintage for J/Hamburg: 102,735,631) show the year 1950.
Value? About €1 in VF. But I like the design, with the woman planting the little tree - both the "look" and its symbolic message. Among the Federal Republic's circulation coins, that is the best one, I think.
Christian
