Konitz (1920) 2 pfennig notgeld
This specimen was lot 3115 in Stephen Album sale 50 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2024), where it sold for $204. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY: Konitz: notgeld, ND (ca. 1920), notgeld for the city of Konitz by Lauer, variety with 53 pearls in borders, crowned eagle within beaded circle // KREIS / KONITZ within beaded circle, plain edge, Choice XF." Wikipedia comments,
"Chojnice (Polish: [xɔjˈɲit͡sɛ]; German: Konitz or Conitz) is a town in northern Poland with 38,789 inhabitants, as of June 2023, near the Tuchola Forest. It is the capital of the Chojnice County in the Pomeranian Voivodeship."
The town became part of Poland in 1920; it was in the province of West Prussia while part of the German Empire. Heritage Auctions sold one of these in November 2021, calling it "a sugar token, later used as 2 Pfennig".
Recorded mintage: 200,000 plus proofs.
Specification: 19 x 19 mm, iron, this specimen 2.72 g.
Catalog reference: Funck-256.3a.
- Funck, Walter, Die Notmunzen der deutschen Städte, Gemeinden, Kreise, Länder, etc.; Band 1: Standardkatalog der amtlichen Ausgaben 1916-1921, Regenstauf, Germany: H. Geitl Verlag, 2000.
- [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 50, featuring selections from the Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld Collection, the Hakim Hamidi Collection, the Almer H. Orr III Collection and the Solar Collection, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.
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