English and European Ceramics and Glass - 21st April 2015
Lot 221
Five Böttger stoneware Notgeld (emergency money) coins c.1920-22
Estimate £120 - £180
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Description
Five Böttger stoneware Notgeld (emergency money) coins c.1920-22, variously moulded and of differing values, moulded crossed swords marks, 4.2cm max. (5)
Necessity or emergency money was widely used in Germany and Austria at the end of the First World War during the period of hyperinflatiom, when the value of the metal used to make coinage became far greater than that of the coins themselves.