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.
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.