Nazi Coins

I have a framed set of nazi coins in my ecrater store, click the link in my signature line. I had several in my world coin collection until I gave that up and went with all U.S. coins.

Check out Joel Anderson's website. Usually has quite a few Nazi coins for sale. Has been around a long time.

Lots of other interesting stuff as well.

I collect them! But the ones I have I find in the local coin shop's 10 cent bin and at flea markets. Got about 20 of them at this point.

I have a few. Got maybe a half dozen 5 Reichspfennig and a silver 5 reichsmark. There's always a few guys at gun shows selling German WWII, thats where I got the 5 Reichspfennigs. Got the 5 reichsmark at a coin show.

You need to make some contacts with dealers in Germany; generally ebay and etc is overpriced, as ppl seem to think that because its 'Nazi' its 'rare'. Wrong... Like all German periods, there are the odd Key Mintmark/Year coins that are going to be harder to get, but again, this is where dealers can help also!

Now, as a general price guide, I recommend the Beutler-site --> http://www.beutler-muenzen.de/rubrik52.htm BUT remember, these guys are sellers, etc; so the general rule I follow is, pay the quoted priced for a grade lower. IE, if you're after an EF coin, which is listed on Beutler for 17,00EUR (EF), if you're dealing directly with ppl, over ebay and even directly with some German dealers, you want to be paying the priced that is listed for VF (say 11,00EUR as an example). My main contact and I work like this.

Also, go learn some German - it will help - and also learn to deal in EUR; if you're buying from Europe, its the currency they want!

I notice that the swastika on the coins in the link above is covered in his photos, would that be because of the law mentioned?

I spent 8 years in Germany, and acquired some pre- euro coins from Germany and surrounding countries. There are some German collectors, who want US coins in exchange for theirs. Many of them have access to such coins. Speaking German can help, but not nessessary.

No. I think that is primarily because some German dealers also sell on ebay. And ebay (at least here in DE) does not allow displaying the swastika.

Have a look at MA-Shops for example. http://www.ma-shops.de/deutschesrei...rittes+Reich Some sellers there will cover the swastika or "cut it out", others display the coins as they are. What is illegal here is nazi propaganda, ie. modern medals for example. But it sure is not against the law to buy and sell those coins here. Guess the primary difference is that here collectors are not as interested in nazi coins as collectors in some other countries: If people collect them, it's because they are part of a German Empire, or maybe Germany after 1871, collection - nothing more, nothing less.

Christian