Drusus Posted July 26, 2008 Report Share Posted July 26, 2008 Just wondering if anyone can make out the text in the two details below: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KoRnholio Posted July 26, 2008 Report Share Posted July 26, 2008 I can't make it out, but I really like that coin. I bought a similar one a while ago: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drusus Posted July 26, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2008 The Duren series includes several of my favorite coins...the one you post is one of them. here is my example of that type: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabbs Posted July 26, 2008 Report Share Posted July 26, 2008 That is "Kleingeld-Ersatzmarke". The man with the helmet on the piece from Weilburg looks like Bismarck. And the letters at the end of the city name ... well, Weilburg used to be part of Nassau until Prussia swallowed it in the 1860s. In 1946 the city became part of Hessen (which is now one of the German states). So this piece is from the Prussian years, but I don't see a "Pr." or so there. Weilburg is on the river Lahn however. So maybe it means "a/L" = an der Lahn ... Christian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
banivechi Posted July 26, 2008 Report Share Posted July 26, 2008 The Weilburg notmunze is Funck 583.3, 10 Pfennig 1917, Iron, octogonal, Obv: Weilburg a/L (with head of a soldier), Rev: 10 Pf. Kleingeld Ersatzmarke (with coat of arms and oak tree) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drusus Posted July 26, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2008 Okay, so its Kleingeld Ersatzmarke and a/L...thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostDutchman Posted July 26, 2008 Report Share Posted July 26, 2008 This thread reminded me of this piece which was sitting on my desk... any relation?? prob not... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabbs Posted July 26, 2008 Report Share Posted July 26, 2008 Dunno, that last one looks quite different. The face, or what is visible of it, is much less individual than those on the Weilburg and Düren pieces. And the chin, the shape of the helmet ... Italian fascism maybe? Christian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drusus Posted July 27, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 27, 2008 I agree, the helmet looks italian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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