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Enyaw Valued Member Canada 456 Posts	Posted 05/01/2026 4:24 pm Found two of these in a large bag of tokens/trade dollars and I haven't been able to find much information on them other than a possible link to Hamburg, Germany? Any thoughts would be appreciated. Report this Post to the Staff

jbuck Moderator United States 187556 Posts	Posted 05/01/2026 4:27 pm Very interesting! Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
dar76124 Valued Member United States 395 Posts	Posted 05/01/2026 6:29 pm It's listed in Peter Menzel's German token book "DEUTSCHSPRACHIGE NOTMÜNZEN UNDGELDERSATZMARKEN" 602. OTTO MINULLA ALTONA a/E. UUU GR. FREIHEIT 23/5 o.J., Rs. leer 1 o.W. Ms, 22 mm, (393) 15.- 2 o.W. Fe, 22 mm, (393) 15.- 15 is the value in euros. Unfortunately no additional information. Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34393 Posts	Posted 05/01/2026 6:29 pm @eny, that is an interesting piece of emergency coinage. First, I don't see it listed on my go-to website for these sorts of things (tokencatalog.com). Please consider asking them to add it if you get a chance. I did find your token on page 135 (#602) of Peter Menzel's reference, "German-Speaking Emergency Coins and Substitute Currency Tokens at Home and Abroad: 1840 to 2002" (*.pdf link to this german-language book here: https://wertmarkenforum.de/Download...abeorte.pdf). It was issued in Altona on the Elbe (which as you noted is part of Hamburg). "If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb "The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed." -----King Adz Report this Post to the Staff
Enyaw Valued Member Canada 456 Posts	Posted 05/02/2026 1:54 pm Interesting, thanks for the information!! Report this Post to the Staff
Ballyhoo Pillar of the Community United States 1613 Posts	Posted 05/02/2026 11:02 pm That's a beauty. I knew someone had an answer and beat me to it. ANA member - PAN Member - BCCS Member There are no problems only solutions - the late, great John Lennon Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34393 Posts	Posted 05/03/2026 9:25 pm Quote: beat me to it Just noticing now that @dar and I posted the attribution within a minute of each other. Great minds... "If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb "The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed." -----King Adz Report this Post to the Staff
Dearborn Moderator United States 94666 Posts	Posted 05/14/2026 9:16 pm very nice token - glad it got identified for you Collecting since 1972. Learning from then on "Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn." - Benjamin Franklin 7070 type set coin count: 51/76 Uncirculated American Silver Eagles My American Silver Eagle Proof Collection Sacagawea Dollars Innovation Dollars Eisenhower-Dollars Kennedy-Half Dollars Washington-Quarters Roosevelt-Dimes Buffalo-Nickels 1938-2005 Jefferson-Nickels Lincoln-Cents Report this Post to the Staff
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