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5 Mark - Meissen
| Issuer | City of Meissen |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | Erhöre Herzen* Lindre Schmerzen* |
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Meissen issued porcelain notgeld during the postwar inflation crisis using the one material the city actually controlled — output from the Royal Porcelain Manufactory, founded in 1710 and still the dominant employer in town. Ceramic emergency currency was a practical solution when metal was scarce and paper was losing credibility by the week.
The brown body distinguishes this from the white-glazed variants cataloged under the same Scheuch reference group. Firing consistency varied enough between batches that weight tolerances on surviving examples can differ noticeably from the stated specification.