German War tokens.

Two early postwar notgeld, before the hyperinflation of 1921-23:

Frankenthal, 1919, 10 Pfennig, Iron

According to my intro-Duolingo level of German, reverse says "Work brings bread"

Trier, 1919, 10 Pfennig, Iron


If I can pontificate for a moment, I was wondering: "Why didn't the monetary
emergency end after the armistice?" The hyperinflation was a ways off, but
things hadn't returned back to normal. My guess is that this is linked to the 1920
debasement of the UK coins from 92.5% to 50% silver as well.

Most major economies were on a gold standard after the early 1870s, with
subsidiary coinage made of not-full-bodied silver. During the War, the link to
gold was not officially broken in most cases, but the currency could not be
freely converted. Precious metals prices rose until the silver content of coins around
the world in many countries became more valuable than their face value. So
small change couldn't make its way back into circulation. Debasement or a
non-precious metal token money were needed. By 1921-22 or so the world
silver price had fallen enough to relieve these pressures, but by that time the
Weimar Republic's inflationary monetary policy had taken hold.

 

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The first coin was minted by Wilhelm Deumer, from Lüdenscheid. The second by Gebrüder Kugel & Fink, from Lüdenscheid too. The image on the reverse in the second piece is the Porta Nigra, (Latin for black gate) is a large Roman city gate in Trier, Germany. It is today the largest Roman city gate north of the Alps. It is designated as part of the Roman Monuments, Cathedral of St Peter and Church of Our Lady in Trier UNESCO World Heritage Site.

The name Porta Nigra originated in the Middle Ages due to the darkened colour of its stone; the original Roman name has not been preserved. Locals commonly refer to the Porta Nigra simply as Porta.

 

Both of Ohligs' pieces were coined by Max Ernst Knecht, from Solingen. The total mintage of the 10 pfennig piece was 500,000 coins, and the two coins have a large number of variants.

 

This piece were coined by Gebrüder Kugel & Fink, Lüdenscheid. The total mintage was 3,200,000 coins.

 

Minted by Gebrüder Kugel & Fink, Lüdenscheid.

 

Minted by Max Ernst Knecht, from Solingen. The total mintage was 903,059 coins.

 

This is circulating commemorative coin, minted by Gebrüder Kugel & Fink, from Lüdenscheid. The total mintage was 903,059 coins. It is from 1920 and not from 1919.

 

This piece was coined in two different places; Heinrich Arld GmbH, from Nuremberg, and Stuttgarter Metallwarenfabrik Wilhelm Mayer & Franz Wilhelm e.K., the total amount was 286,276 pieces.

 

This piece was coined by Heinrich Kissing, from Menden.

 

This piece was minted by Adam Donner, from Elberfeld.

 

ND, was minted between 1920 and 1921

 

Piece coined by Jörgum & Trefz, from Frankfurt.

 

Interesting piece, the total amount was 100,000 coins

 

The Mansfeldsche Gewerkschaft was the copper mining company.

 

This coin was minted between 1919 and 1920 by Conrad Balmberger Münz-Prägeanstalt Vereinsabzeichenfabrik (Mint club badge factory), from Nuremberg. The total coinage was 305,769 pieces.

 

This coin was minted by L. Chr. Lauer, from Nuremberg.

 

This very nice coin was minted by L. Chr. Lauer, from Nuremberg. The total was 1,008,376 pieces in 1919.

 

This coin was minted by Heinrich Arld GmbH, from Nuremberg.

 

Stuttgarter Metallwarenfabrik Wilhelm Mayer & Franz Wilhelm e.K., was the company responsible for the coinage.

 

Minted by Gebrüder Kugel & Fink, from Lüdenscheid. Coined quantity, 138,750 pieces.