Post Your Marks and/or Kreuzers

PhilLynott

I don't really have a focus I just buy what I like and lately I noticed it's just happened to be almost only Kreuzers and Marks so I thought I'd share some. The combination of great designs, high grades and relative in-expense keeps bringing me back I guess.

1612 3K MS65

1690 3K MS66

1866 1K MS68

1854 6K MS65

1834 1K MS67 not having a trueview for this one is an OCD killer

1918 1/2 Mk MS65

1913 3 Mk MS67

1909 3 Mk MS66

So there you have it 6.5 Marks and 14 Kreuzers. Post yours please!

Kkathyl

TwoKopeiki

Cool. That 1834 1K is glowing!

harasha

Fugger 15 K

neildrobertson

The 1690 3k and the 1913 3 Mark are my favorites of the bunch. I have also been buying a lot of Marks lately.

WillieBoyd2

Austria 30 Kreuzer 1807-B (Kremnica Hungary)
Bronze, 37 mm, 17.27 gm

worldcoinguy

I got hooked on them in 2018. I keep an eye out for bishopric issues.

1722 Salzburg 4 kreuzer

1761 Teutonic Order 3 kreuzer

1800 Bamberg 20 kreuzer

1694 Salzburg 15 kreuzer

PBRat

I like this topic!

1668 Olmutz 3 Kreuzer

1755 Salzburg Kreuzer

1693 Austria 3 Kreuzer

1698 Bohemia 3 Kreuzer

1623 Augsburg 2 Kreuzer

1696 Bamberg 4 Kreuzer

1736 Bavaria 3 Kreuzer

1798 Brandenburg-Ansbach-Bayreuth Kreuzer

1630 Brandenburg-Bayreuth 4 Kreuzer

1781 Frankfurt 20 Kreuzer

1788 Fulda 20 Kreuzer

1680 Hanau-Lichtenberg 2 Kreuzer

1744 Hesse-Darmstadt 2 Kreuzer

1774 Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-Oehringen Kreuzer

1768 Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfurst Kreuzer

PBRat

1732 Nurnberg Kreuzer

1765 Pfalz-Birkenfeld-Zweibrucken 20 Kreuzer

1754 Regensburg 2 Kreuzer

1668 Silesia-Liegnitz-Brieg 3 Kreuzer

1733 Wurttemberg 5 Kreuzer

1698 Wurzburg 3 Kreuzer

1669 Hungary 6 Kreuzer

1790 Bern 10 Kreuzer

1694 Neuchatel 16 Kreuzer

Circa 1715 Saint Gall Kreuzer

Bob13

Thanks for starting this thread! @PBRat - amazed at your collection.

Here's a few I have as well.
1669 3 Kreuzer Vienna Mint in NGC 64 from JKAmericana.

1661 3 Kreuzer Hall Mint NGC 64

A recent pick up, currently raw, 1657 3 Kreuzer, Bratislava. This may be a relative of PBRat's 1698 Bohemia Kreuzer above. Check out the dollar sign on the reverse.

And a 2 Mark - very common coin but I like the look.

PhilLynott

Awesome stuff everyone, That 1733/2 5 Kr especially is incredible looking @PBRat

neildrobertson

This was my most recent ebay purchase:

This is similar to but not my avatar. I have plans to get it graded:

Another popular design:

And a modern one:

Zohar

Great thread!

worldcoinguy

Outstanding quality in this thread! Amazing to think these survived history in this condition.

LOCK34

1787 A Austria-Habsberg 20 Kreuzer

LOCK34

1915 1 Mark

LOCK34

1950 J 1 Deutsche Mark

LOCK34

1972 F 2 Deutsche Marks

brg5658

I hope you can forgive the ultra modern addition:

LOCK34

1856 German States Nassau
One Kreuzer

LOCK34

1924 F One Mark

worldcoinguy

1749 Wurzburg 3 Kreuzer

jimhopkins1919

A couple of Hungary 15 Kreuzers I picked up recently.

WillieBoyd2

Austria 20 Kreuzer (Zwanziger) 1848
Silver, 26.0 mm, 6.65 gm, 0.583 fine, Vienna Mint
Catalog: Krause World Coins 1801-1900 number KM 2208, minted from 1837 to 1848

Austrian zwanzigers circulated in California during the Gold Rush period of the 1840's and 1850's.

brg5658

PCGS MS68

Que_sai_je

PCGS PR67. pop 1/0 both services. Should be cameo. A much rarer type this superb.

PhilLynott

A few new Kreuzers have come and a few have gone here's the current lineup (and top two below are on their way to GC as we speak which I'm regretting now that I see them all together to be honest just sent them as testers for GC as I've never sold a world coin there oh well):

1K MS68

6K MS65

1K MS67 (no clue why not PL it looks like a proof or special strike of some sort)

3K MS66

3K MS64

2K Was PCGS 65+ Currently NGC66 just arrived today and sparked this post

3K MS65

worldcoinguy

jgenn

This 5 Mark is from a German colony so I think it fits.

Clio

My only one

Manry

here some of my coins..

expat

1763 Saxony

Off_Cent_er

Here are a couple humble 5 Mark's

Notice the inverted V in BADEN rather than an A.

spirityoda1

German States/ Baden and Germany/screaming eagle

spirityoda1

worldcoinguy

A couple of recent additions

1801 Teutonic Order - Death of Grand Master - 10 kreuzer

1779 Olmutz 10 kreuzer

coinkat

coinkat

HoledandCreative

A good one.

neildrobertson

neildrobertson

Barberian

@Manry said:
here some of my coins..

Are these metal detecting finds?

spirityoda1

more German States/Baden

spirityoda1

More Marks...

spirityoda1

The reflection of my bright green shirt was not thee best idea to take photos with.

trozau

1923 Germany Notgeld Rhine-Ruhr 50, 100, and 500 Million Mark
Things were very grim in Germany. War, human atrocities, ruthless dictators, crushing defeats, and financial collapse plagued the nation. German cities issued their own coinage since the imperial coins were completely worthless. It was an emergency and replacement money was needed. That's what notgeld means: emergency money.

This piece of notgeld from the Rhine-Ruhr region is particularly gruesome. The coin was struck at 33 mm in diameter, designed by the famous German medalist Karl Goetz. Greek god Prometheus appears on the obverse, chained to a rock with an eagle eating his liver as part of his eternal punishment by Zeus. On the reverse a child appears in an eternal flame. There are incused letter on edge: NOTGELD.

There are three denominations of the
Rhine-Ruhr notgeld:
50 million mark -- brass
100 million mark -- white metal or silvered bronze
500 million mark -- gilded metal

I own a full set of 3, plus an additional 2 - 500 million mark coins for a whopping 1.65 billion marks. To put it in relatable context: by late November 1923, one US Dollar was equal to 4.21 trillion marks.

HoledandCreative

Sold to a collector in Russia.

Cladiator

I found this one too appealing to pass up, got it in hand today and it didn't disappoint. The Germans really did a good job implementing the art deco style on their coin designs. This eagle and bridge are just fantastic. I also appreciate the coin from it's representation of this moment in history in the region. The mid and later 20's by many accounts were a bit of a boom in Germany where they made great progress in shedding the stigma and punishments levied upon them after the Great War. The hyperinflation their economy suffered was in the rear view mirror and they were admitted into the League of Nations. That's not to say they didn't still struggle but there was light at the end of the tunnel at this point. When the world wide economic disaster occurred in 1929 those times swiftly began to reverse themselves in Germany. 1930 was a bit of a bridge in time where the German people began to lose grasp of a potential renaissance and found themselves falling down into the pit of hell most couldn't have imagined. One they wouldn't crawl out of for another 80 years. The obverse design is referencing how the German people consider the Rhine river to be a German river and not a German border. A sentiment that can be debated but it sure led them to one pretty coin design.

ColonelKlinck

neildrobertson

worldcoinguy

A quartet of Bamberg kreuzers.