25 Pfennigs - Hannover (Henry Seligmann) 1921 front 25 Pfennigs - Hannover (Henry Seligmann) 1921 back
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25 Pfennigs - Hannover Henry Seligmann

1921 year
Porcelain (brown) 1.5 g 19.5 mm
Description
Issuer
City of Hanover (notgeld) (Prussian province of Hanover)
Period
Weimar Republic (1918-1933)
Type
Standard circulation coin
Year
1921
Value
25 Pfennigs (25 Pfennige) (0.25)
Currency
Mark (1914-1924)
Composition
Porcelain (brown)
Weight
1.5 g
Diameter
19.5 mm
Shape
Round
Technique
Milled
Orientation
Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized
Yes
Updated
2024-10-04
References
Numista
N#134942
Rarity index
85%

Reverse

Script: Latin

Lettering:
Henry Seligmann
25 PF

Comment

Menzel: EEE
Seligmann made from 1896 to 1903 in Hamburg a banking apprenticeship at the operating in the banking and exchange business company Flörsheim, which also acted with coins. He then became managing director of the bank and lottery business NM Falck & Co. in Hanover. In 1905 he took over the company and ran his own bank and lottery business under the name Henry Seligmann, bank lottery and coin business , first in the Bahnhofstrasse 1, since 1907 in the Contihaus in the Georgstraße 20. In addition to the sale of lottery tickets and the money moved Seligmann business more on the coin trade and under the name coin business Henry Seligmann , the company soon became one of the most important coin dealers in northern Germany until 1933 numerous auctions carried out, including the collection Karl Graf Inn and Knyphausen from the possession of the Provincial Museum Hannover (catalogs edited by Georg Pfanneberg). In 1921, he issued as emergency money two porcelain coins to 25 and 50 Pfennig out. 1927 to 1928 he moved the magazine Sammelfreunden. Magazine for all collecting areas , 1928-1930 the magazine Hannoverscher Münzverkehr . Wikipedia

Interesting fact

One interesting fact about this coin is that it was made of porcelain, which is a unique material for coins and not commonly used in coinage.

Price

Date Mintage VG F VF XF AU UNC
1921  10000 - - - - - -

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