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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;moreotherstuff, post: 1258138, member: 56&quot;]I&#039;ve bought a couply of these lately, and now I can say I have some Meissen.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]216405[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The largest is just over 3&quot; across and the back reads &quot;Friends of ceramic money and medallions 2011&quot;</p><p>[ATTACH=full]216409[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The other three commemorate Johann Böttger, who first formulated hard paste porcelain in Europe, one from 1935, the second with no date, and the third from 1982.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]216406[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]216407[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]216408[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I think, but don&#039;t know for certain, that these are all Böttgerware, an extremely hard chocolate brown material developed before the white paste was introduced in 1710.</p><p><br /></p><p>During the 1920&#039;s and &#039;30s (the period of hyperinflation in Germany) local money was produced beyond federal jurisdiction.&nbsp; This is called notgeld.&nbsp; Most of it is paper, but some companies, Meissen among them, produced ceramic coins.&nbsp; I don&#039;t think any of these qualify as notgeld, but I&#039;m guessing that was the impetus for this sort of thing.</p><p><br /></p><p>(I haven&#039;t identified that coat of arms on the last.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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