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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 2492241, member: 39&quot;]The German word &quot;Porzellan&quot; has an interesting origin by the way. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; It comes from the Italian &quot;porcellana&quot; which can refer to a little pig (sow) or a maritime snail (same as a cowry snail, I think). Apparently people believed that the fine Chinese porcelain was made using such snails, or maybe it was used to describe the color and surface ...</p><p><br /></p><p>Another term which may be more appropriate for such notgeld pieces is Steinzeug (stoneware). Both Meissen and Höhr (today part of Höhr-Grenzhausen, RP) are famous centers of porcelain and stoneware production. Don&#039;t know about the possible value of those sets, but I suppose that such sets which even come with the (probably original) box are worth more than the single coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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