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I decided to order some War Nickels from APMEX and have them shipped over to the UK for me - the postage speed was blistering compared to the failures of Yodel, that can be said for sure. No gloves this time, as most of the coins were pretty grimy, as these apparently tend to be judging by other videos around YouTube!

Arrived today.  A 1984 1 oz gold Maple Leaf.  It's a bit scuffed, but for the price, it was a bargain.

Hi richattecroft
Here are the photos I promised best I can do. I haven't got a clue what they will be like.

Still picking up the odd bit of silver when I can, these arrived this week.

Still picking up the odd bit of silver when I can, these arrived this week.

Still picking up the odd bit of silver when I can, these arrived this week.

Still picking up the odd bit of silver when I can, these arrived this week.

Still picking up the odd bit of silver when I can, these arrived this week.

Still picking up the odd bit of silver when I can, these arrived this week.

Still picking up the odd bit of silver when I can, these arrived this week.

Still picking up the odd bit of silver when I can, these arrived this week.

Still picking up the odd bit of silver when I can, these arrived this week.

Still picking up the odd bit of silver when I can, these arrived this week.

Still picking up the odd bit of silver when I can, these arrived this week.

Still picking up the odd bit of silver when I can, these arrived this week.

Still picking up the odd bit of silver when I can, these arrived this week.

Well I got a surprise today from the wife, and I was really surprised, she knew I was after some silver Reichmarks from the Third Reich era and that I had been having 'fun' trying to get some on here, but usually leaves me to find this kind of stuff as I am very picky about condition and whether or not the item is genuine or not as I am when buying any militaria.
While she was away on business she visited the towns market in her lunch break and saw this among others for sale and decided to take a risk and buy it me, when she told me over the phone I was like 'oh god what has she bought and how much has she spent' , she only paid £6.50 for it so it wasn't any hardship if it was rough or fake, but I was pleasantly surprised when she finally arrived home, I am more than pleased with it, no idea what grade it would be, but to be honest I am not bothered as I just wanted a nice one.
Doing a little research from books and the net I came up with the following info about Third Reich era Reichsmarks coins (blame them if any info is wrong ),
In 1933 Hitler comes into power, the 2 & 5 Reichsmarks coins are the same until about 1934/35 when small swastikas appear under the wings of the Imperial eagle.
In 1936 the old Imperial eagle is replaced by the Third Reich eagle, Hindenburg's portrait remains on the back of the coins as before.
In 1939 production stops of Reichsmarks coins, as silver and metal is needed for the war effort and are replaced by paper notes
Hitlers portrait never appeared on any Third Reich era coins for some reason, it did on some postage stamps but never coins, I don't know why (if anyone does let me know)
The 2 Reichsmarks coins were made in .625 silver
The 5 Reichsmarks coins were made in .900 silver
As a consequence the larger and softer 5 Marks seem harder to find in better condition than the smaller 2 Marks coins.
During the Third Reich era there was 7 mints in Germany making these coins, each one had its own code letter which was on the left hand side reverse of the coin under the date of Hindenburg's reign, below is the codes and mints they were allocated.
A = Berlin
B = Wien (Vienna)
D = München (Munich)
E = Muldenhütten (Dresden)
F = Stuttgart
G = Karlsruhe
J = Hamburg
 
Around the rim of the 2 & 5 Reichmarks coins is the inscription 'Gemeinnutz geht vor Eigennutz' which roughly translates to 'The community comes before the individual' 
The 2 Reichsmark coin is roughly the same size as a modern UK 10p coin, I have shown it next to a 1939 production Walther PPK for scale.
 

 

 

Mix bag of stuff mostly happy to get the stacks of the rocking horse crowns and SA crowns. 

A plea to you all: sit on your hands.
We stand on the breakout of what will very likely be one of the greatest bull markets of our lifetime. Think about what has happened over the last 10 years: unprecedented level of stimulus into a monetary system that is no longer fit for purpose. This is much worse than the abuse of the system that drove the prior PM bull markets of 1971-1980 and 1999-2011. 
The fallout from this crazy experiment will drive the price of gold by similar factors over the next decade, just as it did during the previous bull markets. Bull markets always run longer and further than nearly all their early adopters think is possible.
PMs will be valued many multiples higher in the years to come. Scoot on over to a "mainstream" investment site like MrMoneyMustache or MoneysavingExpert and gold doesn't even figure on the radar. They are ALL about passive index funds and chasing the stock market. They worship VTSAX. If you are lucky you might find someone holding 20% bonds. They won't even look at gold until it has at least doubled from current levels, and even then they will be some of the earlier adopters. 
There will come a time to sell your PMs and buy something that is better value, but that time is still years away. It will be when everyone thinks it is a good time to be overweight on gold, when Dow/Gold is somewhere between a half to a quarter of its current level.

Not been shirking my silver duties... 
Added this kilo fortuna with a low “C” today. Monster beauty  💖 

Always nice to buy from the Forum, better still to trade coins with each other and best of all is doing the above face to face. Nice meeting up with you today@1817SovereignCollector. 
 

No words can describe it’s beauty,
 
 

DING DONG,
 
Something new rarest JM London kilo bar I’ve come across 🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌

Dun! dun! duh!