I Feel This Has "Eye Appeal"; 1913 German 2M (Lg Pics)

LeeG

This one has "Eye Appeal" in my opinion. Picked this one up from NE Numismatics. For me this was one of those "Wow" coins. It just struck me as real nice?

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MacCrimmon

Behold, young Cosmic von Cache.

Excellent images. Be warned, the Darkside quicksand is all about.

Cladiator

Damn! The reverse of that thing is one of the coolest designs I've ever seen.

JZrarities

Very sweet piece

1960NYGiants

<< <i>Behold, young Cosmic von Cache. >>





I like it!

rhound1977

<< <i>Very sweet piece >>

BBQnBLUES

I _REALLY like that eagle !!!!

Wish the US coins would use a similar design (maybe with the 'war' eagle perched on top of the "Great Seal") ?

Preussen

Very Nice Coin! Nice pics, too - Preussen

coinkat

NICE

dtkk49a

I Feel This Has "Eye Appeal"

I feel The same.

koincollect

Very nice and artistic. Nice pictures too! Congrats on this acquisition!

ibzman350

Lee,

Nice pick up and great pics, I think you have a pattern coin, but don't hold me to that.

cacheman can tell you for certain, I'm just guessing, but the X 1B is a clue .

Anyhoo............here is a pattern I own, it doesn't have the "Eye Appeal" that your coin has, as a matter of fact the coin looks to have a few problem spots. When I bought the coin I was clueless and will not be making that mistake again.

I need to reshoot the coin, these were some of the first pics I ever took.












Herb

LeeG

Thanks for the compliments guys! I'm very happy with it. Herb those are interesting designs

ibzman350

Lee,

Did cacheman ever reply to your PM.


BTW........the game was small last night, 6 people...........I walked away with money<----------------this makes it coin related...





Herb

bidask

Nice !!

kieferscoins

Awesome coin LeeG. I love German coins like this.

Cameron Kiefer

LeeG

Thanks Cameron!




<< <i>Did cacheman ever reply to your PM. >>


Not yet Herb.



Just got this sent to me via email.

In 1913 Karl Goetz designed his first patterns. He made two sets, one depicting Emperor Wilhelm II, on its obverse side, and the other set showing King Ludwig of Bavaria, also on the obverse side. The reverses for both sets are identical. The pattern sets were made in pure silver and number only six sets of each (I own one of the Bavarian sets). Goetz was not allowed to sell any 'after strikes" in rare metals according to law so he struck up five coin sets in values of 2, 3, 5, 10 and 20 Mark pieces. The metals used were either brass, bronze, bronze-copper, or copper. Any of these metals, with the exception of the brass, can also be found in silver gilt (versilbert) or gold gilded (vergoldet) examples. The bronze and copper examples are the most prevalent. None of these patterns (K-76,K-77) were accepted as designs for regular currencies. In the case of these Emperor Wilhelm II and King Ludwig patterns, the outbreak of World War I and its outcome determined the fate of these pieces. They were discarded when the rulers were deposed. There are examples made from gold and platinum too but these were probably struck after it was known that the patterns would not become official German coinage. Goetz made many more pattern designs but none were ever accepted as coinage.

cacheman

Here's a small 10 Mark silver piece I picked up from Moeller's shop when I was over visiting Germany.