Need ID Help With a Coin/Token

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Anybody know what this is?

A coworker and her boyfriend bought it at a gun/coin show this weekend. Now they just want to know what they bought.

Sorry about the sideways pictures!

 

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[Noah_D]

I can't find anything on it. Maybe someone else will have better luck.

 

[Older The Better]

The first one says something like the german-(deutschen) people-(volks) know?-(Knossen) work-(arbite) peace?-(Friede)

My German is probably at a first grade level haha but I can pick out words. My tenses are probably wrong but I think that’s it

 

[Tony in SC]

Nazi propaganda coin from before the war. I think there were several different ones. I have one similar that features a farmer, an iron worker and an engineer that reads "Day Of Work" ?

 

[DCMatt]

It's called Notgeld.

Not a propaganda token but minted by a bank or other organization to be used as a trade token during the hyper-inflation years in Germany between the two world wars.

[FONT=&quot]Notgeld was a form of "emergency" or "necessary" money produced in Germany and Austria in the form of banknotes or coinage. The currency was minted not by the government, but by independent town savings banks, municipalities, and even privately owned institutions, when adequate state issued monies were not available. Following the end of the First World War, the region of Germany was known as the Weimar Republic, 1919-1933; an era wrought with economic crisis. Inflation in the Republic escalated in 1923 to a period of hyperinflation.[/FONT]

 

[nkellam22]

its German if that helps

 

[cb73]

More history than you probably want to know:

The Nazi Party won the election in January 1933. A large amount of their financial backing came from industrialists that were trying to break the hold that increasing union membership held in the country. One of the Nazi Party's goals was Arbeitsfriede (shown on the front of the token)--meaning Labor Peace, or basically freedom from unions. Which they pretty well destroyed that year.

I'm wondering if this was some kind of token, meant to commemorate when the Nazi Party "fixed" the problems in the country that were being caused by the unions and various undesirable people. The "regular" people saw that things were getting better, and it was some time (possibly years) before they heard about the labor camps that were built that year.

Still researching, but definitely a token, and not Notgeld. Notgeld always listed the amount the coin was worth.

Edit: I noticed that the person had written on the 2x2 "donation medal." I thought it might refer to the Winterhilfswerk charity campaign, but all the tokens I saw that were given out for large donations all named the charity on the coin. Although the token does say "give us this day our daily bread" on the back, implying it's part of the charity, which gave food and coal for heat to the poor each winter in Germany.

 

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The first one says something like the german-(deutschen) people-(volks) know?-(Knossen) work-(arbite) peace?-(Friede)

My German is probably at a first grade level haha but I can pick out words. My tenses are probably wrong but I think that’s it

Mein Deutschish is pretty bad too! Took 3 years....but it's been almost 40 years since. Thanks for a good effort!

 

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Thanks SC Tony. I think you're right.

 

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Thanks DCMatt. Now I gotta go learn about Notgeld.

 

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its German if that helps

Thanks NK.

 

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More history than you probably want to know:

The Nazi Party won the election in January 1933. A large amount of their financial backing came from industrialists that were trying to break the hold that increasing union membership held in the country. One of the Nazi Party's goals was Arbeitsfriede (shown on the front of the token)--meaning Labor Peace, or basically freedom from unions. Which they pretty well destroyed that year.

I'm wondering if this was some kind of token, meant to commemorate when the Nazi Party "fixed" the problems in the country that were being caused by the unions and various undesirable people. The "regular" people saw that things were getting better, and it was some time (possibly years) before they heard about the labor camps that were built that year.

Still researching, but definitely a token, and not Notgeld. Notgeld always listed the amount the coin was worth.

Edit: I noticed that the person had written on the 2x2 "donation medal." I thought it might refer to the Winterhilfswerk charity campaign, but all the tokens I saw that were given out for large donations all named the charity on the coin. Although the token does say "give us this day our daily bread" on the back, implying it's part of the charity, which gave food and coal for heat to the poor each winter in Germany.

CB73 I believe you came pretty dang close to a bulls eye! thank You.

I shared your response with my coworker. I promised her someone out here in the world of TNet would know. Once again, Y'all came through.

Thanks to everyone else that chimed in. Always amazed how much knowledge is available here!

 

[jambone]

FWIW, I think the front ("und den deutschen volks genossen arbeit u friede") translates to "and the german people enjoyed work and peace".

Edited to add: found another example of one here (scroll to bottom):https://www.muenzen-leipzig.de/Auktion/KatalogArchiv?intAuktionsId=452&los=1281183. Says it's silver-plated zinc.