The value of a coin  

A DM 5 piece can often be found in old piggy banks or forgotten wallets. If it is his lucky day, the finder may have a valuable specimen on his hands. In most cases, however, it is only worth between five and ten euros.

Millions of the DM 5 circulation coins were minted every year. Solely the 1958 J issue was only minted 60,000 times. The number of specimens from this issue was greatly reduced even more when the coin was withdrawn from circulation and melted down in 1975. As the price of silver had risen considerably at this time, the coin’s material value was greater than its face value.

So get the microscope out and look for the J. Have you found a rare coin?
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Germanic Museum (1952), Schiller (1955), Markgraf (1955) and Eichendorff (1957) – these four commemorative coins each have a mintage of fewer than 200,000 and can be sold for a few hundred euros. No other DM 5 commemorative coins are of interest for most collectors.

Here too, of course, the mintage determines the value of the coin. Is the 50-pfennig piece in your collection from 1950? If so, please check whether there is a G below the “50”. If this is the case, then congratulations are in order – you are the proud owner of the rarest and most valuable 50-pfennig piece. This issue was incorrectly minted with the inscription “BANK DEUTSCHER LÄNDER”. The 30,000-coin issue was brought into circulation with a special notification.

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In the case of the 10-pfennig coin without mint mark from 1917, an off-metal error occurred, with zinc being used instead of iron. This mintage can be recognised by the thicker “dots” on the outer edge of the back of the coin. Collectors pay many times the usual price for this mintage. However, the 1918 D 10-pfennig piece is even more valuable.

2-pfennig pieces do not normally attract much attention. But if you have a specimen from 1969, you should take a closer look. Is there a J at the upper edge just above the figure? If there is, then use a magnet to see if the coin is magnetic or not. In this case, this is the key factor in determining the value of the coin. It is very likely that the coin is magnetic. The chance of it not being magnetic is equivalent to that of getting six numbers in the lottery. This is because only 550 of these coins were originally minted.

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