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I am not a UK resident, so the link does not work for outlanders...

Very pleased. And just at the beginning to acquire a high quality collection.

I have a 1906 Penny showing ghosting and weak strike, so it was a problem before as well.

Thanks Makes fun to look at them. It is hard to find them in this condition. Nonetheless people ignore them, trying to catch the big silver and gold coins instead...

Ghosting can be observed on Bronze as well as Sterling Silver.

As far as I know, they had problems with the design of the dies. The amount of material within the blanks was unsufficient to reproduce the features of the chosen design. During mintage under high pressure the metal behaves like a liquid. The metal fills out the cavities caused by the die. If the blank has not enough initial material you end up with ghosting and weak strike effects as shown on many coins of that early peroid of George V coinage. The design was subsequently changed several times to overcome that problem.

5 Pfennig 1919 A Berlin mint Jaeger No. 297 Steel, sheradized

2 Pfennig 1913 J Hamburg mint Jaeger No. 11 Bronze 5 Pfennig 1915 E Muldenhütten mint Jaeger No. 12 Cu-Ni

1 Pfennig 1912 A Berlin mint Jaeger No. 10 Bronze 1 Pfennig 1916 A Berlin mint Jaeger No. 10 Bronze

1 Pfennig 1894 E Muldenhütten mint Jaeger No. 10 Bronze 1 Pfennig 1908 A Berlin mint Jaeger No. 10 Bronze

Attended my favorite coin fair and picked up a few tiny gems again 1 Pfennig 1890 D Munich mint Jaeger No. 10 Bronze 1 Pfennig 1890 F Stuttgart mint Jaeger No. 10 Bronze

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here some German Punk Rock

Not familiar with riding horses But I had bad experiences with repaired coins like formerly mounted specimen (I really mean coins in this regard, not females)

But please keep in mind to mention the repair prior selling such item. I would become really angry, upset and aggressive if someone sells me a coin which is virtual worthless... There are many repaired coins arround with filled holes, removed loops or smoothed rim nicks. Please keep in mind that (at least here in Germany) selling expensive (repaired) coins at full price does destroy your reputation. No serious collector would trust neither in you nor the material you offer....

Far better to use such stories for rememberance, instead of attending parades

Millions of human beings were murdered, raiped, expelled after 1945. People (Polish, Hungarians, Austrians, Germans) lost their homes, because borders were modified. The last German POW returned in the mid 50ties. Stalin's regime opressed and killed an endless number of human beings after the war.

After my German grandmother died several years ago, we found my grandfathers photo journal. It contained pictures taken during his military service in Northern Africa. Besides b/w views at Beduines, oasis, destroyed planes and tanks there were portraits of soldiers as well. Many were ripped out of the album. Only names like Karl, Friedrich, Georg or Gustav remained located beneath empty spaces. My mother told me, that grandpa has never spoken about the war... The war was not over after Germany capitulated. Japan was bombed with atomic weapons and the Baltic people had to struggle with Sowjet occupation again.

Well... politicians remember these days in parliament and various other occasions. But here in Germany are no such widely distributed festivities. Rememberence is quite different here. First you have to keep in mind that the second world war (at least in my view) was the continuance of the first world war (The Great War). The European powers started the first war all together. At the end they failed to install a new, viable world order. The so called victorious powers stuck onto the old fashioned imperialism and took over the colonies of the fallen European empires. The result was, that twenty years later a party of thieves and murderers, cruel and brutal criminals, seduced and took control over disappointed and embittered German people. The resulting war had vast consequences Millions over Millions of dead people (civilians and soldiers) destruction of human civilization, cultural achievements waste of financial as well as natural resources including human lives Millions of people were homeless, bombed out and expelled poverty and hunger The Western allies took the assistance of a restrictive regime (Stalin) to beat another restrictive regime (Hitler). The outcome was a cold war threatening the whole planet with atomic destruction. There is nothing to celebrate, to cheer or to triumph. It is time to remember and to mourn. People killed (and still kill) each other for abstract terms like glory, honour or religion. As I mentioned before our duty is to prevent a repeat... Sorry for that harsh statement Coinery, it is not meant as an affront dear friend.