Post Your Marks and/or Kreuzers

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

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

1915 1 Mark

1972 F 2 Deutsche Marks

1856 German States Nassau
One Kreuzer

1749 Wurzburg 3 Kreuzer

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.

My only one

1763 Saxony

German States/ Baden and Germany/screaming eagle

A couple of recent additions

1801 Teutonic Order - Death of Grand Master - 10 kreuzer

1779 Olmutz 10 kreuzer

More Marks...

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.

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.