Menden's 1919 notgeld patterns in gold occupy a peculiar corner of German emergency coinage history. Most municipal notgeld of the postwar period was struck in zinc, iron, or porcelain — whatever was available and cheap. A .900 gold pattern from a small Westphalian town suggests either a presentation piece commissioned for civic officials or a speculative private strike intended to attract collector interest, almost certainly never circulated.
Funck 328.10 is sparsely documented, and authenticated examples are rarely offered publicly.
Menden's 1919 notgeld patterns in gold occupy a peculiar corner of German emergency coinage history. Most municipal notgeld of the postwar period was struck in zinc, iron, or porcelain — whatever was available and cheap. A .900 gold pattern from a small Westphalian town suggests either a presentation piece commissioned for civic officials or a speculative private strike intended to attract collector interest, almost certainly never circulated.
Funck 328.10 is sparsely documented, and authenticated examples are rarely offered publicly.