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1939 Third Reich Pfennig Set

FilamCoinsFilamCoins Posts: 1,899 ✭✭✭
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Bought this from a forum member many years ago. Can't remember who sold it to me. Although the coins are choice BU, I think I like the envelope and the note more.

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  • bidaskbidask Posts: 14,017 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Pretty cool

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  • HoledandCreativeHoledandCreative Posts: 2,803 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Very nice! Hope they are E or G mints.

  • neildrobertsonneildrobertson Posts: 1,223 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Those look gem. I'm envious.

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  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,652 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited May 30, 2020 10:19PM

    Wow. The coins are awesome, but the accompanying paperwork is priceless. I doubt there are more than a handful of survivors in that packaging.


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  • TomBTomB Posts: 21,501 ✭✭✭✭✭

    You're not kidding that the coins are cool, but the packaging is amazing.

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  • OldhoopsterOldhoopster Posts: 2,930 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Very interesting set. The comments like "war-torn Germany" and "after an armistice is signed" appear to date the write up from sometime in 1945 (although I would speculate that the sets being sold with that write up after the war).

    Great item that's a reminder of how average collectors bought coins 70-75 years ago.

    What are the mintmarks?

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  • FilamCoinsFilamCoins Posts: 1,899 ✭✭✭

    All D’s on the mint marks.

  • Namvet69Namvet69 Posts: 9,074 ✭✭✭✭✭

    It's always nice to see BU ww2 pfennigs. Super packaging is also provenance. Peace Roy

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  • 291fifth291fifth Posts: 24,435 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Oldhoopster said:
    Very interesting set. The comments like "war-torn Germany" and "after an armistice is signed" appear to date the write up from sometime in 1945 (although I would speculate that the sets being sold with that write up after the war).

    Great item that's a reminder of how average collectors bought coins 70-75 years ago.

    What are the mintmarks?

    From the wording on the write-up I would date this to 1939 or early 1940.

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  • OldhoopsterOldhoopster Posts: 2,930 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @291fifth said:

    @Oldhoopster said:
    Very interesting set. The comments like "war-torn Germany" and "after an armistice is signed" appear to date the write up from sometime in 1945 (although I would speculate that the sets being sold with that write up after the war).

    Great item that's a reminder of how average collectors bought coins 70-75 years ago.

    What are the mintmarks?

    From the wording on the write-up I would date this to 1939 or early 1940.

    I interpreted it as War Torn describing a decimated country and the Armistice being the Allied Victory, but I see how the 1939-40 timeframe makes a lot of sense as well.

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  • SaorAlbaSaorAlba Posts: 7,573 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I am guessing that Tatham ordered the coins in 1939-40 and sold them shortly thereafter. The "war-torn" would actually applied at that point to Poland and France only as Germany was doing the tearing at that point in the war.

    I like the set, I believe 1939-40 was also the last of the bronze coins before they went over to zinc.

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  • JBKJBK Posts: 15,810 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @291fifth said:

    @Oldhoopster said:
    Very interesting set. The comments like "war-torn Germany" and "after an armistice is signed" appear to date the write up from sometime in 1945 (although I would speculate that the sets being sold with that write up after the war).

    Great item that's a reminder of how average collectors bought coins 70-75 years ago.

    What are the mintmarks?

    From the wording on the write-up I would date this to 1939 or early 1940.

    Agree. No mention of "the war", but just "entered into war", as if the US was still not a direct participant.

    I would get them into something archival such as Saflips or even 2x2s with the paper dust brushed off. But, of course, keep them with that priceless packaging.

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