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Post by Richard C. on Jan 29, 2005 4:08:24 GMT -5
This is a little History. The Name of the Baron is Walter Lechner l , he was a architect in real Live. I assume the Sale on Ebay was a genious publicity Gag to get Visitors into the Hotel. quote: Romkerhall (51°51’N, 10°26’E) was built as a hunting lodge by King Georg V. in the 19 th century. Once belonging to the properties of the kingdom Hannover, the recent owner claims it was forgotten to attach it to a parish after monarchy had ceased in 1918 in Germany, and again after a general reformation of the parishes in Lower Saxonia in 1970. He succeeded to attract the princess Erina of Saxonia who had her enthronisation as Queen of Romkerhall in 1988. That day, Romkerhall was proclaimed “the smallest kingdom of the world”! (http://www.koenigreich-romk- erhall.de/) German aristocracy and government are in continu- ous quarrels with Romkerhall and tourism marketing…<br>end of Quote. It is in the North Rhine- Westphalia State, the Romke is a small River. Love, Klaus Wow very interesting
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Post by evm111 on Jan 29, 2005 14:06:16 GMT -5
Yes, thank you Klaus!!
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Post by evm111 on May 24, 2005 14:10:16 GMT -5
I managed to contact a man from Romkerhall named Baron Christian Gross. His e-mail is k-i-v@gmx.de He sells the coins, and is affiliated with the Kingdom, of course. I am not sure if Dom Klaus is still selling the coins; at one point, he was ready to sell us the coins, but then he was ill for a while (thank goodness he is well again). I e-mailed him a few times, and by the time he responded, I had already found this "detour" and contacted Baron Gross. So I didn't ask Klaus if he set up that special Paypal account, etc...Other members may want to ask Dom Klaus if he is still selling the coins, though, if y'all want to make sure. Baron Gross' official prices are higher, but these are for the "2005" coins (machine-made, dated 1988, but struck in 2005); they all feature the queen on the reverse (they are real nice, though). Price for zinc (in Euros)- $15 each, $59 for set of 5. Price for silver- $29 each, $119 for set. Price for gold- $390 each, $1500 for set. Price for gold-plated silver- $49 each, $165 for the set. Quite costly, as you can see. I basically mixed and matched (a few silver, and a few tin); I figured I didn't really need a complete set of both of these metals. So I saved a little $ for not buying both silver and tin sets. Dom Klaus wanted us to ask Baron Gross for a portion of the proceeds to go to Klaus' charity, so I am assuming that he still is in contact with Romkerhall.
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Post by evm111 on May 24, 2005 14:16:27 GMT -5
OOps, forgot to mention- the set I mentioned is a set of 5 coins- 1/2, 1, 5, 10 Konigsthaler and a hand-struck Queen Erina commemorative Thaler.
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