How Far Back Can We Go? Sixth Edition! Ended At 1380 Waiting On 1379

@Princetane, the porcelain Notgeld issues strangely enough had a decent survival rate, despite low "mintages", because many were put aside and saved as novelties given the low inherent value/purchasing power.

In addition, factories other than Meissen quickly rushed to "borrow" the iconic crossed sabre mark and struck their own "coins", sometimes with full knowledge that they would never circulate, for sale in "gift sets" of, say, 25, 50, 75 Pfennig and 1 & 2 Mark. (the most common set type) complete with boxes, that could be sold to tourists and locals to raise money for their towns.

Given the scarcity of precious metal (or any metals at all other than zinc, and sometimes aluminum and iron) Böttger's trademark brown porcelain, along with traditional "Meissen white" porcelain, were used to fire medals, awards, and such, sometimes ornately "gilded" with gold paint, which provided a stunning and quite beautiful contrast especially on the white porcelain. This lasted well into the latter half of the 1930s.

My grandmother was born in 1929 near Munich, and her parents used to tell her about pushing a literal barrow-full of worthless paper money around to buy loaves of bread and sacks of wheat, the return to a barter economy for farm goods, and many other stories of the famine and hyperinflation. By the time my father was born there in 1948, and growing up there in the 50s, the concept of having millions upon millions of marks must have seemed rather unbelievable, incredible, like something out of a fairy tale.

1921 Belgium.
25 centimes.- Albert I Dutch text.

1921 Tunisia.
1 Franc Chambers of Commerce Coinage.

1921 -- District of Lippstadt, 50 pfennig (notgeld):

1921 -- Free State of Saxony, 10 mark (notgeld):

1921 UK.
One Penny.

1921 UK.
1 Farthing - George V.

1921 -- Evreux Chamber of Commerce, 25 centimes: