The E-Sylum:  Volume 6, Number 48, November 9, 2003, Article 4

SO WHERE ARE THOSE DEUTSCHMARK COINS?

  "With kindest regards from Stuttgart," Ralf Böpple writes:
  "To the subject of the nostalgic Germans, which has been
  commented on in various newspapers over here, there is
  one doubt I have about the comparison of the number of
  coins in circulation (49 billion pieces) and still outstanding
  (25 billion pieces). Nobody I know or have spoken to set
  aside a considerable amount of deutschmark coins, while
  the lines at the Bundesbank branches with people handing
  in old coins and currency were enormous in the first months.
  So I really wonder where the 25 billion coins in discussion
  might be. The biggest part should be the millions and millions
  of commemorative coins and mint sets that were issued
  during the deutschmark decades. Or somebody out there is
  hoarding a very, very big treasure...  "

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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