Why is this coin here? 1925 from Germany

[JMC]

I recently purchased the small concentric coil for my Vaquero. Wow it's so little the machine seems weightless with it in place. Since the yards in the neighborhood are so trashy with iron chunks and nails I figured this would help. Sure enough it does. I found this coin in the middle of the yard behind us, slightly newer property dating from around 1890 or so. It was about 5 inches down in an area filled with iron nails and old metal stuff. The signal was loud and clear for a moment before crossing into more junky signals. I've been over this spot dozens of times. I have to wonder about it's history. A 1925 German coin in a yard in the deep south. Hmmm must be a story here.

 

[amberjack]

if only they could talk hey every find has a story and some we will never know some we can work out but some remain a mystery and I guess that is part of the fun

good find yes those concentric coils do ok don't they I was just cleaning one of mine love that slimline coil A+ from me !

AJ

 

[BarberBill]

I found a Phillipine Centavo in my yard once. I lived at that time in the country, no sidewalks or other paths used by the public. I figure it was lost by some former resident or hauled in with fill dirt..
BB

 

[hatpin]

Deutsches Reich I'm guessing translates into The Second Reich .

 

[homebre]

Hope this helps:

Germany 10 Reichspfennig and Rentenpfennig 1923 to 1936
Your coin is made of aluminum bronze, la Tomo, and I am assuming it is a reichspfennig, not a rentenpfennig. Both coins look the same and both were minted in 1924.

Between the World Wars the Weimar Republic of Germany issued several pfennig and mark coins that are sought by collectors today. They are made from aluminum-bronze, and have the gloomy 'DEUTSCHES REICH' on the obverse, with six stalks of grain forming a cool triangle above the date on the reverse.

The great majority of these coins are not worth very much, as outlined in the approximate catalog values given below.



REICHSPFENNIG (1924 to 1936):
worn: less than $1 US dollar approximate catalog value
average circulated: $3
well preserved: $15
fully uncirculated: $50

 

[kaolinwasher]

lots of immigrants, and maybe someone traveled, to germany and then brought it back and lost it

 

[foreign object]

Neat find there.

I found a coin from Peru in my back yard. Would have to dog it out but I believe the date was 192?.

Always make you wonder.

FO

 

[bootyhoundpa]

Many many troops were dispatched around the globe during ww2.. that one is nice and clean....

 

[jld66]

i have found a few older foreign coins. an old Findland penny. one from Barbados. German, Asian coins up here in Maine. a few of the modern Euro coins as well. who knows.

 

[slingshot]

My dad was in WW ll and had a drawer full of coins from wherever he went. Guess who got into his stash as a kid and lost most of them!

 

[amberjack]

oh dear I know stuff like that seems to stay with us doesn't it had something similar and still comes up in my head from time to time.

AJ

 

[Wraytex]

I've found a nazi coin and a vichi coin at my place in Gonzales where an old homesite was. The soldiers brought the coins back from the war and kids probably lost them playing in the yard. Or so I figure.