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German Reich 20 mark golden coin

BozoBozo Posts: 4 ✭
in Buy, Sell & Trade - World & Ancient Coins

Hello everybody.
Could somebody please give me some info
regarding this coin.It's the golden Deutche Reich 20 mark.
I can not find it on Internet (not this year ,1874) all I found are from 1875 and later.
Thank you.

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  • Musky1011Musky1011 Posts: 3,899 ✭✭✭✭
    edited February 6, 2019 4:42PM

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    Pilgrim Clock and Gift Shop.. Expert clock repair since 1844

    Menomonee Falls Wisconsin USA

    http://www.pcgs.com/SetRegistr...dset.aspx?s=68269&ac=1">Musky 1861 Mint Set
  • SaorAlbaSaorAlba Posts: 7,541 ✭✭✭✭✭

    The link above is for Prussian 20 Mk coins, Hamburg is a Hansestadt that minted it's own coins until 1914. A caution on finding a date that is out of reported dates from Hamburg is that they were forged ca. 1960s and still plaque unsuspecting collectors - I got burned on one I bought in Hamburg in 1991.

    In memory of my kitty Seryozha 14.2.1996 ~ 13.9.2016 and Shadow 3.4.2015 - 16.4.21
  • Musky1011Musky1011 Posts: 3,899 ✭✭✭✭

    Sorry

    Pilgrim Clock and Gift Shop.. Expert clock repair since 1844

    Menomonee Falls Wisconsin USA

    http://www.pcgs.com/SetRegistr...dset.aspx?s=68269&ac=1">Musky 1861 Mint Set
  • Timbuk3Timbuk3 Posts: 11,658 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited February 7, 2019 3:04AM

    :'( !!!

    Timbuk3
  • JimTylerJimTyler Posts: 3,399 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Probably fake

  • YQQYQQ Posts: 3,312 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Saor Alba, I believe these were mainly coming from Lebanon at that time and later from PRoC. OR from the famous German Dentist from Karlsruhe (Black Forrest) turned forger of "near authentic" gold coins even the banks accepted They were not able to tell the difference at the time with what they had on "tools" to check..
    I also got stung in Germany with a few I purchased at the bank I alway did business. about 10 years later on a visit the manager wanted to chat with me and low and behold, made it up to me. It came as a surprise.
    These were the times in the 80ties where you could still walk in to a bank and buy US or Canadian silver and Gold coins.

    Today is the first day of the rest of my life
  • SaorAlbaSaorAlba Posts: 7,541 ✭✭✭✭✭

    The example above is a lot sharper with details than mine, and has a prooflike surface. Mine is an older example dated 1910-J the date of which doesn't actually exist. I believe it was made as a contemporary monetary counterfeit.

    BTW @YQQ you could walk into banks even in the early 1990s and purchase gold coins for a small percentage over spot. I bought some Dutch 10 Guilder coins in Amsterdam. The fake 20 Mk coin was purchased from a coin dealer in Hamburg.

    In memory of my kitty Seryozha 14.2.1996 ~ 13.9.2016 and Shadow 3.4.2015 - 16.4.21
  • YQQYQQ Posts: 3,312 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Volker Weege (RIP) / Austria -Moneytrend magazin
    used to publish lists of fakes including Images in his magazine. he also published books about European gold coins and Fakes.

    Today is the first day of the rest of my life
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