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Valued Member
United States
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Hi, I'm not understanding what I read in my catalog about these coins and would appreciate some help. Would these have been minted in the US for the Government in exile? I cannot pick out a mint mark, is there one on these coins? I know that the topic of protecting zinc coins came up but I cannot find it; what's the best thing to do?     |
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Moderator
 United States
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These two coins were not minted in the US.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Yeah, you see the mint mark beside the denom? That's in the Netherlands. They still have it on current Euro coins.
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Valued Member
United States
156 Posts |
Both of these coins were struck at the Dutch mint in Utrecht. The mint mark for Utrecht is the caduceus, which can be seen below and to the right of the 10 and the 25.
Zinc is a pretty crummy metal for minting coins. Your two examples are in better condition than most. Nice examples!
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Valued Member
 United States
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Thanks, it made no sense that 60 or so million coins could have been imported into the Netherlands when it was under German control.
Is that the caduceus mint mark?
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Valued Member
United States
170 Posts |
The reason I ask about the mint mark is that on coins like this 1/2 cent, you can make out the caduceus quite clearly to the right of the date. It looks nothing like what I see on the coins from '41.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Yup, it is the caduceus on both, with the one on the 1/2c being larger than the ones on the zinc coins.
If you have modern Dutch Euros, the caduceus is even smaller!
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Pillar of the Community
Belgium
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During WW II many silver coins were minted in the US for the Dutch government in exile. These coins were of the previous homeland type depicting queen Wilhelmina. The Netherlands however were occupied by the German forces. The Germans declared the old silver coins illegal and replaced them by zinc coins of their own design. What you have are coins struck in the Netherlands (Utrecht Mint) by the German occupiers
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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Most "occupation" coinages in Krause are listed as such, why not these? Is it just another krause error?
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Posted 03/28/2009 3:12 pm
