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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 1124434, member: 39&quot;]Another coin that is somewhat odd. Usually one would not expect emergency money (notgeld) to be made from gold, but in WW1 the German colonial administration in East Africa was in a peculiar situation: Due to the war, money produced in Germany could not be shipped to &quot;DOA&quot;, and paper money was not well accepted by the locals. However, there was plenty of gold in a mine near Tabora ... and so these pieces were designed and made:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.kolonialgeld.de/assets/images/Munze-15Rupien.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>(Image: <a href="http://www.kolonialgeld.de/assets/images/Munze-15Rupien.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.kolonialgeld.de/assets/images/Munze-15Rupien.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://www.kolonialgeld.de/assets/images/Munze-15Rupien.jpg</a>)</p><p><br /></p><p>Then there are coins with subtle political statements - or at least people believed they were &quot;messages&quot;. The German Empire had a 5 RM circulation coin (1927-33) which shows an oak tree. That tree has often been used as a symbol of the country (see the current German 1, 2 and 5 cent coins). The tree from the 1920s has a few &quot;dead&quot; branches, which were apparently meant to represent the territories that the empire &quot;lost&quot; after WW1.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/nmc2/73-56.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>(Image: <a href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/nmc2/73-56.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/nmc2/73-56.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/nmc2/73-56.jpg</a>)</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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