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Can anyone tell me anything about this?
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This is emergency money from Koblenz.
It shows Joseph Görres (1776–1848)
He was born in Koblenz, he was a cirtic
of literature.
This piece is made of iron - after WW-I
there was a shortage of coinage and silver.
(the people hoarded silver money)
jeggy
It shows Joseph Görres (1776–1848)
He was born in Koblenz, he was a cirtic
of literature.
This piece is made of iron - after WW-I
there was a shortage of coinage and silver.
(the people hoarded silver money)
jeggy
jeggy was right, is it 1/2 Mark notgeld from Coblenz, Germany, made from iron, 25.6mm, 51.000 ex, shown in Walter Funk's catalogue "Die Notmunzen der deutschen Stadte, Gemeinden, Kreise, Lander, etc, Band 1:Standardkatalog der amtlichen Ausgaben 1916-1921" 7-th edition 2000
at position 80.10B, page 87, value 12 DM (6 euro)
at position 80.10B, page 87, value 12 DM (6 euro)
Great info. guys! Thanks a lot!! 
I love notgeld.
QUOTE(Tiffibunny @ Jul 13 2006, 10:08 PM)
I love notgeld.
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Me too!
My avatar ist also notgeld.
av rv
A silver strike of the Marbach 50 Pfennig Notgeld.
316,1 Amtskörperschaft Marbach 1918 Iron 23,0 mm
316,2 Amtskörperschaft Marbach 1920 Iron 23,1 mm
316,3 Amtskörperschaft Marbach 1921 Zink 23,1 mm
- silver: $95 (1000 examples struck)
- bronze: $250
- brass: $250
(funck catalog)
Purchased at ebay: $10
av rv
A silver strike of the Marbach 50 Pfennig Notgeld.
316,1 Amtskörperschaft Marbach 1918 Iron 23,0 mm
316,2 Amtskörperschaft Marbach 1920 Iron 23,1 mm
316,3 Amtskörperschaft Marbach 1921 Zink 23,1 mm
- silver: $95 (1000 examples struck)
- bronze: $250
- brass: $250
(funck catalog)
Purchased at ebay: $10
It's amazing that after a lost war, with a ruined economy the German towns emitted these pieces of numismatic art even they know that the value will be almost zero after short time... The paper notgeld are also beautiful in 99%...
QUOTE(jeggy @ Jul 14 2006, 08:13 AM)
My avatar ist also notgeld.
av rv
A silver strike of the Marbach 50 Pfennig Notgeld.
316,1 Amtskörperschaft Marbach 1918 Iron 23,0 mm
316,2 Amtskörperschaft Marbach 1920 Iron 23,1 mm
316,3 Amtskörperschaft Marbach 1921 Zink 23,1 mm
- silver: $95 (1000 examples struck)
- bronze: $250
- brass: $250
(funck catalog)
Purchased at ebay: $10
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av rv
A silver strike of the Marbach 50 Pfennig Notgeld.
316,1 Amtskörperschaft Marbach 1918 Iron 23,0 mm
316,2 Amtskörperschaft Marbach 1920 Iron 23,1 mm
316,3 Amtskörperschaft Marbach 1921 Zink 23,1 mm
- silver: $95 (1000 examples struck)
- bronze: $250
- brass: $250
(funck catalog)
Purchased at ebay: $10
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Although mine isn't worth nearly that much lol....I got it out of the 0.10$ junk bin at my local coin shop hehe. Ten cents seemed to be worth it.
QUOTE(Vfox @ Jul 14 2006, 05:03 PM)
Ten cents seemed to be worth it.
At least definitely I like it.
Great buy for 10 cents. I pick them up whenever I come across one usually.
I just think it's interesting how well the type and design style (even the portrait) relates to the art movements of that time period. Correct me if I'm wrong but this was around the time of the Bauhaus school and the DADA movement. This just screams type heavy german graphic design. Which is great if you ask me! 
I'm quite partial to the cartoonish style ones myself.
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