2 Pfennig - Berlin A. Wertheim

2 Pfennig - Berlin (A. Wertheim) - obverse2 Pfennig - Berlin (A. Wertheim) - reverse

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Features

Issuer Prussian province of Berlin (German notgeld)
Issuing entity Wertheim Retail stores.
Type Standard circulation coin
Value 2 Pfennigs (2 Pfennige) (0.02)
Currency Mark (1914-1924)
Composition Zinc
Weight 2 g
Diameter 20 mm
Thickness 1.1 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
227961
References Men05# 1895.2,
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.
Men18# 2443.2,
Peter Menzel; 2018. Deutschsprachige Notmünzen und Geldersatzmarken im In- und Ausland 1840-2002. Winfried Bogon Verlag, Berlin, Germany.
TC# 522140
TokenCatalog.com (http://tokencatalog.com)

Obverse

Pearl rim, company and city name surrounding company logo.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
A.WERTHEIM
W
★ BERLIN ★

Reverse

Pearl rim, legend half circled above denomination.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
WERTMARKE
2
⋆★⋆

Edge

Plain

Mint

Heinrich Arld GmbH, Nuremberg, Germany (1861-date)

Comments

Menzel: BBB
In 1875 Abraham (Aka Adolf)and Ida Wertheim opened a small retail store in Eastern Germany. In the ensuing years their stores grew into a department store empire.

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