Another find from Germany (and an electrolysis example..)
Zot
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In an earlier post I had a picture of this tree:
Quite a big tree by the way (compare with the standard size coil)
The reason I took the picture was that I found a coin in the roots of it, some 4-5 inches down.
When I got it out of the ground I could tell from its low weight that is was aluminum, but not much else. It seemed to be in terrible shape.
In better light, I could see that it was a 50 pfennig coin. This is what it looked like:
..and here it is after 5 hours of eletrolysis, a 1921 aluminum 50 Pfennig.
I was really lucky with the date being perfectly readable!
I hadn't expected to get a date off this one!I was amazed how sharp some of the details still are. Nearly all the remaining brown areas are pits (compare w/ above images), so this is about as good as it's going to get.
This coin was introduced in 1919 to replace the (hmmph) Silver 1/2 Mark and was struck from 1919 to 1922.
As for its buying power, in 1921 it would buy 2 Eggs, 1/8 Pound of sugar or ¼ Pound of potatoes.
-Z
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Al
I got one I will have to find and post a picture of.It's not aluminum,but it is German.
My ex-wife's Grandfather got this little baggie of coin's at a yard sale in Santa Cruz and gave them to me and this one coin was in it along with a few wheatie's and other's.HH,Tom
Now that's some serious frying!
Wow 5 hours to fry!