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1 Mark - Charlottenburg Deutsche Ton and Steinzeugwerke AG
| Issuer | Deutsche Ton- und Steinzeugwerke A.G. |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Reference(s) | Men05#4365.1, Men18#5540.1 |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Mintage | 1921 - Gray Green |
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Deutsche Ton- und Steinzeugwerke AG was a major stoneware and industrial ceramics manufacturer based in Charlottenburg, and in 1921 they did what dozens of German industrial firms did during the postwar notgeld crisis: struck their own emergency currency in the material they knew best. Porcelain notgeld from this period was a practical solution — the raw material was controlled, counterfeiting was difficult, and the tokens carried implicit credibility tied to the issuer's own production capacity.
The dark gray body distinguishes this piece from the more commonly encountered white or polychrome porcelain issues of the same period.