Pero68 Posted January 10, 2010 Report Share Posted January 10, 2010 Is this coin of city Düren from 1917? Need more data. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted January 11, 2010 Report Share Posted January 11, 2010 I don't know what data you are looking for (?) The piece is often referred to as being `notgeld', That is, token base metal and emergency coinage issued in Germany during world war 1. The piece you have here is a five pfenning coin minted specifically for Duren and the immediate area, It is fairly readily available in much better condition. As such I am sorry to be the harbinger of bad news, but the example you display really is in extremely poor condition and of next to no financial value to a collector. Of course it has a value as a conversation piece and as a remnant of Germany's past economic history and misfortunes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pero68 Posted January 12, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 12, 2010 Thank you.I must to identify large numbers of coins from an collection.Only what interested me is this coin worth to be in museum? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted January 12, 2010 Report Share Posted January 12, 2010 Thank you.I must to identify large numbers of coins from an collection.Only what interested me is this coin worth to be in museum? No is the simple answer. It is exceedingly unlikely that any museum would want that particular coin, even as a free gift. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedeadpoint Posted January 13, 2010 Report Share Posted January 13, 2010 No is the simple answer. It is exceedingly unlikely that any museum would want that particular coin, even as a free gift. That coin would have value to younger folks who haven't been exposed to coin collecting yet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted January 14, 2010 Report Share Posted January 14, 2010 Hmmm...... If that was their first exposure I'd be counselling them to run a mile!! If their parents had anything to do with it they would more probably look at the encrustation on it as being more of a bio- hazzard than anything else. Aside from that small point (and in answer to the original poster's question) do you seriously see that coin as museum piece? It's a dawggie, and the crux of the matter is that while some caring collector might clean it up and give it a home (if it turned up in a job lot) it is highly unlikely that anyone in their right mind would part with good cash specifically for it., Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drusus Posted January 14, 2010 Report Share Posted January 14, 2010 The Duren series are some of the more outstanding examples of notgeld in my personal opinion and the soldier issue (below) is the coin that sparked my interest in notgeld. This one you posted being the lowest denomination and the most plain in design. All the same they arent very rare and there would be little reason to buy this one in this condition when for a relatively small price you can have one in far better condition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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