Tom you sly devil, you done broke the code. Yes those are indeed mint marks as follows: A - Berlin D - Munich F - Stuttgart G - Karlsruhe J - Hamburg Klaus Dieter Cook Houston, Texas ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Koch" <ferdinad@omnitelcom.com> To: <GERMAN-LIFE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2001 8:50 PM Subject: Re: [GERMAN-LIFE] anyone with leftover Deutschmarks...?? > I only have about 1.66 DM, all in coins. I have about 23 Dutch Florins, > also in coins. > I noticed some letters on my Deutsch coins - an F, a J, und a G. Are > those mint marks, from what cities? > What is the plant that is on the 10 pfennig und the 2 pfennig coins? > Who is the woman of the 50 pfennig coin? (I am pretty sure that she is > neither Queen Elizabeth, Lady Liberty, nor the Lady Helvetia.) > My 10 pfennig coins from 1950 look just like the one from 1991. As most > Americans know, it is pretty hard to get a 1950 penny in circulation these > days, because that would be a "wheat" penny, und those are getting harder > und harder to find. A pre-1964 half dollar would be a Franklin und also > mostly silver like a pre-1964 quarter or dime. Silver coins were pretty rare > even when I was a kid in the seventies, even rarer were Buffalo nickels und > mercury dimes. Does anybody know the history of Deutsch coin designs? How > have they changed since 1870? > By changing coin designs und silver content, the US government can > increase the money supply, und raise revenues without increasing taxes. > Perhaps a drop in a large bucket, but if 100 million Amerikan households > save an average of $10 worth of the new state quarters, that is a billion > dollars. A billion here und a billion there, next thing you are talking > about real money. > How about the history of the Deutschmark itself? Was it a Prussian > currency or Austrian or from the Empire? The Amerikan dollar gets its name > from the Spanish dollar, but I do not know how old the dollar is. > > Thomas Koch > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <TheAxt@aol.com> > To: <GERMAN-LIFE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2001 6:29 PM > Subject: [GERMAN-LIFE] anyone with leftover Deutschmarks...?? > > > > Greetings listers, > > > > Am wondering if any of you recent American visitors > > to Germany might have some unspent Deutschmark > > bills you would consider selling to another American. I > > am in need of about $30 in DM bills to combine with > > my unspent Deutschmarks from last fall's trip to > > Germany to purchase and provide postage costs > > to a cousin in Germany for an ancestral village > > Ortsippenbuch. > > > > Reply to me offline if this DM / dollar exchange might > > be possible with you... > > > > Thanks, > > > > Mary Lynn Axtman > > TheAxt@aol.com > > > > > > ==== GERMAN-LIFE Mailing List ==== > > Complaints: > > Contact the list administrator at: GERMAN-LIFE-L-admin@rootsweb.com > > > > ============================== > > Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history > > learning and how-to articles on the Internet. > > http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library > > > > > > > ==== GERMAN-LIFE Mailing List ==== > To UNSUBSCRIBE from digest mode send a message to: > GERMAN-LIFE-D-request@rootsweb.com and add the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the message and send. > > ============================== > Ancestry.com Genealogical Databases > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist2.asp > Search over 2500 databases with one easy query! >

"Because the alternative is irrationality" responded one of Roger Zelazny's heroes to a step-brother who passionately hated him. "Or privacy" was the response. But inquiring minds want to know - why are the mint marks not "B, M, S, K, und H"? Is there an acronym here, some secret message like "Aller Deutscher Für Gott Jauchzen" which Babelfish could not translate to "All Germans cheer for God", nor did it translate the Englisch phrase into that. Best I could do with my dictionary. with more questions, Thomas Koch ----- Original Message ----- From: Klaus Dieter Cook <kcook@signalgraphics-hou.com> To: <GERMAN-LIFE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2001 10:15 PM Subject: Re: [GERMAN-LIFE] anyone with leftover Deutschmarks...?? > Tom you sly devil, you done broke the code. Yes those are indeed mint marks > as follows: > > A - Berlin > D - Munich > F - Stuttgart > G - Karlsruhe > J - Hamburg > > Klaus Dieter Cook > Houston, Texas > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Thomas Koch" <ferdinad@omnitelcom.com> > To: <GERMAN-LIFE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2001 8:50 PM > Subject: Re: [GERMAN-LIFE] anyone with leftover Deutschmarks...?? > > > > I only have about 1.66 DM, all in coins. I have about 23 Dutch > Florins, > > also in coins. > > I noticed some letters on my Deutsch coins - an F, a J, und a G. Are > > those mint marks, from what cities? > > What is the plant that is on the 10 pfennig und the 2 pfennig coins? > > Who is the woman of the 50 pfennig coin? (I am pretty sure that she > is > > neither Queen Elizabeth, Lady Liberty, nor the Lady Helvetia.) > > My 10 pfennig coins from 1950 look just like the one from 1991. As > most > > Americans know, it is pretty hard to get a 1950 penny in circulation these > > days, because that would be a "wheat" penny, und those are getting harder > > und harder to find. A pre-1964 half dollar would be a Franklin und also > > mostly silver like a pre-1964 quarter or dime. Silver coins were pretty > rare > > even when I was a kid in the seventies, even rarer were Buffalo nickels > und > > mercury dimes. Does anybody know the history of Deutsch coin designs? How > > have they changed since 1870? > > By changing coin designs und silver content, the US government can > > increase the money supply, und raise revenues without increasing taxes. > > Perhaps a drop in a large bucket, but if 100 million Amerikan households > > save an average of $10 worth of the new state quarters, that is a billion > > dollars. A billion here und a billion there, next thing you are talking > > about real money. > > How about the history of the Deutschmark itself? Was it a Prussian > > currency or Austrian or from the Empire? The Amerikan dollar gets its > name > > from the Spanish dollar, but I do not know how old the dollar is. > > > > Thomas Koch > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: <TheAxt@aol.com> > > To: <GERMAN-LIFE-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2001 6:29 PM > > Subject: [GERMAN-LIFE] anyone with leftover Deutschmarks...?? > > > > > > > Greetings listers, > > > > > > Am wondering if any of you recent American visitors > > > to Germany might have some unspent Deutschmark > > > bills you would consider selling to another American. I > > > am in need of about $30 in DM bills to combine with > > > my unspent Deutschmarks from last fall's trip to > > > Germany to purchase and provide postage costs > > > to a cousin in Germany for an ancestral village > > > Ortsippenbuch. > > > > > > Reply to me offline if this DM / dollar exchange might > > > be possible with you... > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Mary Lynn Axtman > > > TheAxt@aol.com > > > > > > > > > ==== GERMAN-LIFE Mailing List ==== > > > Complaints: > > > Contact the list administrator at: GERMAN-LIFE-L-admin@rootsweb.com > > > > > > ============================== > > > Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history > > > learning and how-to articles on the Internet. > > > http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== GERMAN-LIFE Mailing List ==== > > To UNSUBSCRIBE from digest mode send a message to: > > GERMAN-LIFE-D-request@rootsweb.com and add the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the > message and send. > > > > ============================== > > Ancestry.com Genealogical Databases > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist2.asp > > Search over 2500 databases with one easy query! > > > > > ==== GERMAN-LIFE Mailing List ==== > Complaints: > Contact the list administrator at: GERMAN-LIFE-L-admin@rootsweb.com > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB > >