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Bedrock of the Community
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Cdncoins, very interesting!
Errers and Varietys.
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 Economy war penny, issued by Economy Grocery Co in 1918 due to a money shortage during the war. made out of what were originally Dennison price tags. |
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Very nice!  |
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@nautilator,
That's pretty cool! Thanks for posting it!
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Looks like nobody ever got around to showing off a shoe heel notgeld. I always thought that was a reference to its image but after getting one and seeing the edge it must've been originally intended to make shoes. These are uncommon but pop up a few times per year at least.   |
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After spending a ton of time this weekend at antique houses, I finally hit pay dirt: a single case with some really nice foreign coins and tokens in it. I bought a Conradty notgeld for an extremely good price (and in the wild, no less). Even more noteworthy, I got me my first graphite medal. Check out how they compare.   The graphite medal is massive and looks and feels very much like pencil lead. Next to it, the Conradty does not. As tempted as I am to say it's just because of the matte surface, they look different enough that I think they're distinctively different from each other. The Germans call the notgeld a "coal ceramic" piece. I don't necessarily know what that means but it's probably relatively self explanatory and not graphite. |
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Very interesting! |
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Ceramic 3 mark from Altenburg   |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Owatchman, that's very interesting! What type of materials was used to make this coin I wonder?
Errers and Varietys.
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Ceramic 3 mark from Altenburg Very nice! |
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A few times through history, people issued playing cards as money, during shortages. In some cases, they cut the cards into quarters. In other cases, like this Austrian notgeld, they were simply issued as card sets. All such things are hard to find.  |
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On a cheaper note, here's a Canadian municipal trade token, issued in 1956 and made of vinyl. Admittedly boring to look at, but a vinyl note that old is unusual.   |
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Very interesting! |
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Sorry it took so long for a reply. I wasn't monitoring this thread. Quote:
Owatchman, that's very interesting! What type of materials was used to make this coin I wonder? It's officially listed as brown porcelain. |
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I finally got me one of the Mattighofen leather notgelds. The 10 was posted some pages ago, but the 1 kroner hasn't yet.   |
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