I saw a thread recently on collecting Imperial German coins and then came upon a few myself. Not a collector, but they seemed very interesting. Several colonial including one in Arabic. For you collectors, are these fairly common? I know condition is important but these seem scarce in my experience. Thanks.
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Here is one in Arabic.Comment
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other side, the smaller one doesn't have the poor finish that seems to show from my scanner.Comment
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I have a habit of picking up WW1 coins to display with my personal items that a soldier would have carried. I have never seen one of these before, but if I had, I would have bought it. I would bet most of these got left in the colonies and perhaps the silver reused to make new coins of the victors. I would bet the one with the arabic writing is a token produced by a local company that could be redeemed by them. It was common to see this due to a shortage of minted coins, such as the tokens seen during our Civil War. Nice pieces!
Dan MurphyLast edited by Daniel Murphy; 12-17-2005, 10:12 AM.Comment
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War time DOA.Comment
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These are not colonial but it seems coins for the "90 Day Kaiser" should be scarce.Comment
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Another non-colonial but the Kaiser in GdK uniform seemed neat. The coin is in a protective holder hence the minor distortion.Comment
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500,000 2 Mark, 200,000 5 Mark. The 1888 WilhelmII is much scarcer with only 141,000 in 2 and 56,000 in 5.Originally posted by Bobby leeComment
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Tom, Many thanks for the information. It makes sense that Willy II would also have had an 1888 coinage, never crossed my mind. Good to know.
Best regards,
Bobby leeComment
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Here's the DOA 1 Rupie from 20 years earlier.Comment
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Yours with the Arabic reverse is a 1 Piastre. Here are the 1 and 5 Heller from right before the War.Comment
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