2 Heller - Marchtrenk KGL

Features

Location	Austrian Empire
Emperor	Franz Joseph I (1848-1916)
Type	Confinement tokens › Internment or prison token
Year	1915
Value	2 Heller (0.02)
Currency	POW camp / Lagergeld - Krone (1914-1918)
Composition	Zinc
Weight	2.15 g
Diameter	19.1 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 54487 Numista type number (https://en.numista.com/help/what-is-the-n-number-visible-in-the-catalogue-33.html)
References	Men05# 16278.2, Peter Menzel; 2005. Deutschsprachige Notmünzen und Geldersatzmarken im In- und Ausland / Band 1. Ausgabeorte Aach bis Myszkowo (2nd edition). Münzhandel + Verlag Beate Strothotte, Gütersloh, Germany. And 1 more volumes. Men22.2# 20418.2 Peter Menzel; 2022. Deutschsprachige Notmünzen und Geldersatzmarken im In- und Ausland, 1840 bis 2002 / Teil 1. Vorworte und Einleitung (Historische Hintergründe) : im In- und Ausland (dritte überarbeitete digitale Ausgabe). Wertmarkenforum, Bernd Thier, Münster, Germany. And 1 more volumes.

Obverse

Letters for "Kriegsgefangenenlager", date below, leaves.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
KGL
1915

Translation: POW camp

Reverse

Value and location in a double square, leaves.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
2
MARCHTRENK

Comments

Marchtrenk, near Wels, Upper Austria.
Menzel: CCC

See also

• 1 Heller - Marchtrenk (KGL)
• 2 Heller - Marchtrenk (KGL)
• 10 Heller - Marchtrenk (KGL)
• 20 Heller - Freistadt (KGL)
• 20 Heller - Marchtrenk (KGL)
• 50 Heller - Marchtrenk (KGL)

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