East-German (Saxony?) Medal Help | Lingner Tokens

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Apollo Pillar of the Community Canada 1610 Posts	Posted 07/26/2012 11:07 pm I bought this medal for $1, but I don't know what it is or what it's value is,it looks like it's in good condition. Any info would help, thank you. Identified - moved to Tokens forum - Sap Report this Post to the Staff

Sap Moderator Australia 16830 Posts	Posted 07/27/2012 03:00 am It's a store token, not a medal; 15 warenpunkte is the denomination. "Warenpunkte" translates roughly to "goods points". You can see a 5 warenpunkte token in Maudry's post on page 2 of this old thread. Chrisild gives some information about Lingner and his company in the old thread. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
Apollo Pillar of the Community Canada 1610 Posts	Posted 07/27/2012 03:32 am Thank you. What value do you think it could have? Report this Post to the Staff
IndianGoldEagle Bedrock of the Community United States 36745 Posts	Posted 07/28/2012 11:23 am Great thread, I've had a few of these sitting in a box for a number of years because I couldn't figure out what they were. Maybe we can get more people that have these to post photos and see how common they are and what denominations were made. I looked at the other post with the 5points, that coin looks like nickel or some other white metal. My 2points is aluminum, the 10points brass, and the 15points copper. Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16830 Posts	Posted 07/29/2012 12:59 am Here's a 20 point token, also in bronze, along with a long descriptive text in German. Ramming the first paragraph through Google Translate, we find the following factoids: - The tokens were issued in 1932, to mark what would have been Lingner's 70th birthday had he lived; he died in 1916. - Denominations issued were: 2 and 5 points in aluminium (mintage 1.325 million each), 10 points in brass (mintage 1.05 million), 15 and 20 points in bronze (mintage 500,000 each). - Some trial strikes were made in precious metals and kept by the company. Being from 1932, they're not technically "notgeld", but they're usually classified as such anyway. And with such high mintages, I'd say they're still probably common enough to not attract much value. $1 might be too cheap now it's been identified properly, but $10 does not sound unreasonable. Here's someone selling a full set of five on eBay for $39.50 BIN. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
IndianGoldEagle Bedrock of the Community United States 36745 Posts	Posted 07/29/2012 09:45 am Thanks Sap, that is great info, much appreciated. Report this Post to the Staff
Apollo Pillar of the Community Canada 1610 Posts	Posted 07/29/2012 12:15 pm Thanks for the help Sap :) Report this Post to the Staff
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