German Coin 1918 Krjegsgeld 10-Pfennig

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Nic Pillar of the Community Philippines 1156 Posts	Posted 10/03/2012 06:19 am Could not locate this in the krause catalog, assistance appreciated and thanks! checked year 1918 at wikipedia which says: the year Spanish flu kiled 30million people the year when Belarus, Armenia,, Azerbaijan, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Lithuania, Iceland & Estonia all declared their respective independence. Got to complete those coins the year the last Parakeet parrot native to the eastern USA in captivity died at cincinnati zoo, specie extinct the year WWI was ongoing and the year "the Red Baron" with his red plane, and WWI's most succesful fighter ace pilot dies in combat the year Boston Red Sox wins the 1918 world series over the Chicago cubs. The next time the Boston Red Sox won again is 2004, an 86 year gap The year of the shooting of the Romanov family that was a memorable year 1918 Report this Post to the Staff

chrisild Pillar of the Community Germany 1238 Posts	Posted 10/03/2012 06:44 am The Krause catalog won't list that piece as it is a local issue. As you wrote, Kriegsgeld (war money) or Notgeld (emergency money). It was issued by the city of Coblenz, Prussia (today Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate) during World War I. And as the text says, the piece was to be valid until one year after the end of the war ... Christian Report this Post to the Staff
Nic Pillar of the Community Philippines 1156 Posts	Posted 10/03/2012 08:49 am Thanks christian ! Kriegsgeld (war money) & Notgeld (emergency money). issued by the city of Coblenz, Prussia (today Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate) during World War I. text translation =piece valid until one year after the end of the war ... Thank you for the translation, that really cleared it for me! are there many types of "war money"? are these types difficult to find? or common? Report this Post to the Staff
platinrubel Valued Member Austria 194 Posts	Posted 10/03/2012 09:30 am the german "notgeld" or "kriegsgeld" is a very interesting and widespread area. nearly every city town or also village issued its own money with local validity. the reason was because of the lack of coins and the lack of trust in the german currency in the hard times between 1918 and 1923. the material of this coins were all kind of metal (yours is struck of iron) and also paper, wood or porcelain (city of meissen in saxony) there are a lot of cataloges about this money. http://www.muenzenfreund.net/lit_not.html Report this Post to the Staff
Peter THOMAS Pillar of the Community Australia 2830 Posts	Posted 10/03/2012 9:15 pm a great piece: and a tangible link to world history ... just why I collect coins. and thankyou for the explanation about the limited validity. Report this Post to the Staff
Nic Pillar of the Community Philippines 1156 Posts	Posted 10/04/2012 11:35 am thanks platinrubel that site was very informative, the notgelds are by the thousands wow! I find these coins are very interesting Report this Post to the Staff
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