The Saar territory was administered by the League of Nations following the Treaty of Versailles and its coal mines handed to France as reparations. A January 1935 plebiscite returned an overwhelming 90.8% vote for reunification with Germany, and coinage was prepared in anticipation. This piece is a pattern struck for that proposed issue — the reunification coinage was ultimately never released for general circulation, making survivors from the trial striking genuinely scarce.
The Saar territory was administered by the League of Nations following the Treaty of Versailles and its coal mines handed to France as reparations. A January 1935 plebiscite returned an overwhelming 90.8% vote for reunification with Germany, and coinage was prepared in anticipation. This piece is a pattern struck for that proposed issue — the reunification coinage was ultimately never released for general circulation, making survivors from the trial striking genuinely scarce.