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| | | | The picture below shows a larger front and back view of this 1921 German 2 Mark Porcelain Notgeld Coin. There is some scroll work on one side and an eagle and a star on the other. It is marked on the two sides as follows: 2
SACHSEN
ME.
1921 The porcelain coin measures about 1-1/16'' wide. It appears to be in near mint to mint condition as pictured. Below here, for reference, is some additional information: Porcelain money
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Porcelain money refers to coins and tokens made of porcelain intended for economic exchange. Most famous are the German Notgeld struck between 1921 and 1923. German Notgeld 1921 - 1923
The German porcelain Notgeld are special form of Notgeld between the years 1915 and 1923, in the years before the German Hyperinflation, and a shortage of small change. Most of the porcelain Notgeld are produced for collectors in sets. These special form of coins were struck in Meissen in Saxony in the years 1921 to 1923. Most of the coins were done in red Böttgerstoneware, but also in white porcelain. Some of them are partly gilt. They were issued for the province Saxony, Meissen, and a number of other cities such as Eisenach, Thuringia; Freiberg, Saxony; Münsterberg, Silesia; Quedlinburg, Saxony-Anhalt; and other cities. Building on the popularity of these tokens, Meissen continued to strike Medals in porcelain and stoneware. |
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