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MrPink2018 Pillar of the Community United States 2455 Posts	Posted 01/04/2026 5:11 pm about an hour ago I was handed this coin: i was sitting outside with one of my yard customers when the neighbor walked up and gave me this coin. I was studying this coin as she sat & spoke with my customer. I was intrigued by the tarnishing, indicating some amount of silver, so I started hunting for info online; the small print on the coin was difficult to read through the tarnish. info I found online states that it is 62.5% silver. Report this Post to the Staff

HondoB Bedrock of the Community United States 24859 Posts	Posted 01/04/2026 7:35 pm Nice - that's $22.77 of silver there! Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures Report this Post to the Staff
MrPink2018 Pillar of the Community United States 2455 Posts	Posted 01/04/2026 7:42 pm last week she gave me a large old prescription bottle that was about 1/3 full of old foreign coins. a lot of it was cruddy, mostly 1950s-60s-70s european coins pre-euro era, but I didn't see any silver in any of that stuff. I was surprised that she gave the deutschmark to me. Report this Post to the Staff
NumisRob Bedrock of the Community United Kingdom 17878 Posts	Posted 01/04/2026 10:38 pm Nice find! That's an unusual sort of coin to turn up randomly like that, as the silver commemorative 10 Marks was a high value coin (face value around US$5 at the time) and you never saw them in circulation, although if you were lucky you could get them for face value from major banks for a few months after they were issued. On various trips to Germany in the 1980s and 1990s I got a few different ones, but not this one. My Trade List: https://goccf.com/t/194596 My Wants List: https://goccf.com/t/191710 Report this Post to the Staff
Errers and Varietys Bedrock of the Community United States 73559 Posts	Posted 01/04/2026 11:32 pm Awesome! Getting handed a silver coin is always a win. Errers and Varietys. Report this Post to the Staff
Keith67 Pillar of the Community United States 6498 Posts	Posted 01/05/2026 03:53 am Nice, impaired proof https://en.numista.com/14878 Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 187446 Posts	Posted 01/05/2026 09:16 am Very nice! Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
MrPink2018 Pillar of the Community United States 2455 Posts	Posted 01/05/2026 6:03 pm Quote: impaired proof that's what I thought it was, but I was reluctant to say it. thanks for verifying. Report this Post to the Staff
MintedNotPrinted Pillar of the Community United States 1182 Posts	Posted 01/05/2026 7:19 pm Very neat Report this Post to the Staff
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