please, could you help me to identify that trade tokens? where and when were they used and olsa what for they were used. maybe there are some collecters who have got that token in their collection. thanks a lot...
I don't know much German, but I'll have a stab and say that "WILH." might equal Wilhelm. KOHM doesn't appear to be abbreviated. I think it's an uncommon name. "Constantinopel", I'll guess is the city we now know as Istanbul. In English, the name changed around the time of the Civil War when the Ottomans were removed from power - 1923, or so. In German, being phonetic, you might wonder why it's not spelled "Konstantinopel", so there might be a clue there: when did the Germans use that spelling ?
My guess is that you're looking at trade tokens issued by a German enterprise in Istanbul, but before 1923. The question is, what trade ?
or possibly an issue from Germany or Austria, where the name Konstanopel is the name of a restauraun or bar. The 20-40 might suggest an Austrian origin.
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