Mo! Posted March 1, 2009 Report Share Posted March 1, 2009 This will be hard to answer without pictures, but are german coins bearing an eagle holding a szwastika(I tried) rare or valuable? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UncleBobo Posted March 2, 2009 Report Share Posted March 2, 2009 No and no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cladking Posted March 2, 2009 Report Share Posted March 2, 2009 A lot of these are quite valuable in unc condition. Some of the scarcer issues are even worth a few hundred in XF. All of these were probably pretty common but they are made in some "frag- ile" metals that don't survive well in circulation or in allied bomb- ing runs. They've had a very high attrition as well because until recent years they were percieved as pretty common. There's a lot of common junk and low grades don't have a lot of value usually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drusus Posted March 2, 2009 Report Share Posted March 2, 2009 German coins from this era are much like any modern coins, some are very common and cheap, others are worth quite a bit and are rare...one cannot place a worth on them until it is known exactly what they are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elverno Posted March 2, 2009 Report Share Posted March 2, 2009 Is there a restriction about posting pictures with swastikas on them? I suspect not, there are plenty of regimes whose policies are/were repugnant and nevertheless the coinage is collected. Without pictures it would be very difficult for the experts on this forum (I am not one of them) to offer an opinion on specific coins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drusus Posted March 2, 2009 Report Share Posted March 2, 2009 If it is a world coin, and coins from this time period from Germany are still exactly that, world coins...then I dont see why one shouldnt be able to post the images...without the specifics...one could not fathom a guess as to value. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mo! Posted March 3, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2009 No and no. ooch! As for everybody else: Thank you for you answers. I'll try to get some pictures on via my friends scanner. P.S. No ban on swashtikamiggerthingy pictures, I just don't have a good enough camera. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottO Posted March 3, 2009 Report Share Posted March 3, 2009 most are made of zinc... which oxidizes horribly and is not desirable.. possibly the higher denominations might be worth a bit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mo! Posted March 3, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2009 most are made of zinc... which oxidizes horribly and is not desirable..possibly the higher denominations might be worth a bit Well, mine arent THAT bad looking... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corina Posted March 3, 2009 Report Share Posted March 3, 2009 here is my German coin from 1939 it's been cleaned, but still a nice coin it's made of aluminum-Bronze Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willieboyd2 Posted March 3, 2009 Report Share Posted March 3, 2009 Many of these coins were brought back here to the US by returning servicemen, so most are quite common. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mo! Posted March 3, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2009 here is my German coin from 1939 it's been cleaned, but still a nice coin it's made of aluminum-Bronze I have one of those. Why is cleaning frowned upon? Most of my silvers have some dirt that tomato juice would fix instantly, let alone an actual coin-cleaning solution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
De Orc Posted March 4, 2009 Report Share Posted March 4, 2009 For a collector it is seen as removing the natural patina of a coin therby reducing it's value. Harsh cleaning can also result in the surface of a coin been damaged Yep coins even though they are made from metal can be damaged and sometimes rather badly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
just carl Posted March 4, 2009 Report Share Posted March 4, 2009 Is there a restriction about posting pictures with swastikas on them? I suspect not, there are plenty of regimes whose policies are/were repugnant and nevertheless the coinage is collected. Without pictures it would be very difficult for the experts on this forum (I am not one of them) to offer an opinion on specific coins. If there was such a restriction, then there would have to also be one about the Confederate money. You know about that war don't you? Of course Japan money, Italian Money since they too were with Hitler. Then there is the problem with that Ceasar Guy. He was always at war so can't show his money either. You could probably find out more about this but you would have to press 1 for English, 2 for Spanish, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottO Posted March 5, 2009 Report Share Posted March 5, 2009 i like some of the german coins... aluminium bronze is acctually nice, i have a weimar republic 5 pfennig, those are nice coins . any war issue thoug is usualy zinc... horrible lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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