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Hello I have a Stradt Duren Coin from 1918. Next to the Soldiers face, there is no SD lettering on the side. What does that mean? I want to make a necklace out of it, how can I do this without making a hole or taking away any part of the coin? What is the history behind the coin? Thank You *** Edited by Staff to clarify topic title. Titles are important! ***Edited by Rangatron
04/24/2015 09:46 am
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Hello and welcome.  Your "coin" is not actually a coin, in the usual sense of the word. It's a "notgeld" token from Germany. During and after World War I, the German economy collapsed. The central government was bankrupt and could not afford to issue enough coinage to get the economy restarted, so they gave permission for city councils and wealthy individuals to issue their own substitute token-coinage, for the duration of the emergency. ("Notgeld" literally means "emergency money"). Your token is from the city of Düren, in western Germany near the Dutch/Belgian border. Quote:
Next to the Soldiers face, there is no SD lettering on the side. What does that mean? Sorry, but I'm not quite sure what you mean by that. Quote:
I want to make a necklace out of it, how can I do this without making a hole or taking away any part of the coin?
It is difficult to mount a coin without doing some damage to it, but it can be done. One way of mounting that causes minimal damage (if the maker is careful about it) is a ring mount that clasps onto the coin at three or four points; examples. I should perhaps point out that most notgeld tokens are made of either iron or zinc, so generally don't look all that attractive. 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
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 Interesting info from Sap. I would suggest not attempting to mess with that thing. Otherwise might well ruin it. However, if you try what Sap said, might look decent. |
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The Duren 10 pfennig comes in two varieties, with and with out SD below the Soldiers chin. I would assume the SD stands for State of Duren. The variety with SD is the more valuable one. It is made of iron, 24 mm in diameter. Catalog references are Lamb L 101.7 Upton Duren 2-6 Funck F 105.7
It might fit in a quarter sized bezel (24.26 mm) but you might have to shim it.
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Conder nailed it, two different varieties...
Some of these Notgeld tokens have very minor differences between varieties, this actually one of the more clear ones
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Not to be nosey but what did you pay for it?
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As to WHY they added the SD, who knows, maybe they just felt like it. Maybe they felt it was to plain. 101.7 and 101.11 (1/2 Mark) are the only pieces in the series that don't have some sort of lettering on both sides.
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