Here are the pic's that I said that I would post as soon as I got home. The wife and I would like to know if it has any value?
Adolf Hiter Comm Coin I have seen various German coins go for very little. However I am no expert. I own one German coin from during the rule of Hitler. Next time I'll dig out the coin and post a pic of the one I got. Put it this way, I went in knowing it would not be worth much money wise. In fact the postage to send the coin was more than what I paid for the coin itself! I collect this type of coinage because of the history of it all. This is a specialty area in collecting when it comes to WWII Nazi and Hitler items. So first off, I'd say your coin has a limited demographic, unless there is something special about that coin. As I said I am no expert. Is it silver? Silver plated? Copper? Many original Nazi coins were just made of base metals from what I've read. It is not a proud part of world history, but should be remembered nonetheless.
I believe the coin is silver plated (on the reverse, where your coin is scratched, it looks like you can see the underlying copper base). Here's a link to an eBay auction for another one (Hitler Coin/Medal), it states the coin is silver plated. There's another one up on eBay for $20 BIN. Your coin is damaged though, I don't think it's worth much, if I had to guess, I'd say $5, maybe less.
I got one of these for 10 USD on ebay a couple of years ago. Its a modern medal, not coin, I guess is not worth much.
As others have mentioned, this is a medal, not a coin. You may have noticed that the previous thread on this coin was locked; I don't think that was an accident.
Thanks for the info!!! We found it in wife's things from her grandmother. I did not what to cause a ruckes on the other thread, just needed some info!
Yeah, last thread got a little bit crazy. Everyone was sidetracked from the actual coin to argue their view.
I'm wondering who would make something like that. Germany is very restrictive about any type of glorification of the Nazi past. It would have to be from some private mint that for whatever reason didn't have to worry about bad publicity.
I have one of these. From what I can tell they were produced (privately) in Germany in 1989 much to the chagrin of the German Government to commemorate the 100th birthday of Hitler. The one I have is actually silver, same as the one on http://www.usmbooks.com/hitler_coin.html except my coin is in much better quality. They may have made other coins and silver plated them I do not know. I picked the one I have up on ebay around 1995 or so not knowing what it was or anything about it. I had never seen anything like it and got it for just a couple of bucks so was like why not. After I received it I started to do some research on it and figured out the history. I am actually trying to figure out where to sell mine as the wife is not very amused at the subject matter lol!
not worth much stuck after ww2 ,,, the coins worth the most are from 1933-1944 ...lots of fakes exist also A strong collector base exist via internet.... One of the most famous collector of Nazi era artifacts is a jewish guy he was buying up the stuff from all over the world and interviewed why he would do such a thing, " he said so the past will not be bought and hidden away in private collections , it will be displayed for all to see " he collects them to display at the various holocuast musems/exhibits around the world
Actually, the majority of the coins produced during the reign of the third reich were produced in high numbers and are pretty common today. There are some dates/mint mark issues that are rare...but the vast majority are common.
camaro the amount minted can not be used to guess at how many exist today, 100's of Millions/billions of thirdriech coins were melted and recoined every coin in germany was ordered to be destroyed relating to the third reich, germany didnt keep records ether. Many of the coins that survived were brought back to the u.s by soilders as souviners and coins were scattered through out europe.. so the " new estimates " for some coin/mmarks are very low...much lower then what the mintage numbers were
That ME-262 round is AWESOME RIPLEY!!!! Is there anything you don't have? and don't say Colt LOL... You know I'm working on one right now... Gunsmith special 41 DA which places it somewhere in the mid 60's, but the condition puts it somewhere in the 12 century BC - LOL - got it cheap but needs a complete fire control replacement, and the barrel is ify... Something to do I guess???
The cult of Hitler lives even if, thank Zeus, his Reich does not. If you want to see neo-Nazis letting their hair down, as it were, go to stormfront.org I go there from time to time myself, as a "know your enemy" sort of excercise. It's disgusting but hard to turn away from at the same time, like a really gruesome car wreck.
They are a fantasy issue, as well as Hitler there are Mussolini fantasy coins/medals I have a AH one on ebay right now 360358785303
I'm aware of that. I have several Third Reich coins in my collection and all of them have been very affordable. The prices of these coins are very low with a few exceptions. The supply remaining today is high enough to keep more than meet the demand. They are quite common.
Those medals originate from and were initially sold in Italy. Along with similar pieces featuring, Marx, Mussolini, Lenin, etc. Such pieces usually fetch prices of one euro or two only, but US collectors tend to pay more for the Hitler piece. What that dealer writes about the medal is bogus: "The German Government of course, was not amused. They have done everything in their power to help people to forget that Hitler once held the job of Helmut Kohl and Gerhard Schröder. The coins were driven from the market shortly after they began to sell and we suspect that few survive." Maybe he had to write such nonsense in order to promote the sale of his medal. But because people - well, at least over here - know pretty well what position Hitler had and what his regime did, such crude comparisons won't work. Kohl and Schröder had the office of Bundeskanzler (head of government) of the Federal Republic - Hitler was Führer (head of state) and Reichskanzler of the German (Third) Reich. Insinuating a continuity here is pretty shabby in my opinion. The reason why such pieces cannot be marketed here is a different one: Medals like that one, produced quite a while after 1945, are considered nazi propaganda. (That does not apply to coins and militaria etc. from the nazi years.) But if US customers find such medals interesting, there is nothing that keeps them from producing, selling, buying, collecting them. Christian
