Spiel Marke Observation Balloon and Godess on eagle

Features

Location	Germany (1871-1948)
Type	Utility items › Play money
Composition	Pewter
Weight	1.3 g
Diameter	33.5 mm
Thickness	1 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 568560
References	Kaiser# 60 Hans Kaiser; 1998. Medaillen, Plaketten, Abzeichen der deutschen Luftfahrt: die Geprägte Chronik der Deutschen Luftfahrt = Medals, Plaques, Badges of German Aviation. Münzhandel + Verlag Beate Strothotte, Gütersloh, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

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Obverse

Winged Woman flying on Eagle, Holding a caduceus.

Reverse

WWI Observation Balloon. Signal flags flying on left side of balloon.

Edge

Plain

Comments

Nuremberg tokens or "jetons" were used for whatever the customer wanted to use them for - the token makers didn't care. Card game gambling tokens? Sure. Play money? That'll work too. Embed them in costume jewellery? Whatever floats your boat. The token-makers of Nuremberg were good at making tokens more cheaply than anybody else in Europe, and good at marketing them for diverse purposes to diverse demographics as society changed.

"Spielmarke" literally means "play token" in German, indicating the general usage for objects classified as such was as play money, either packaged and sold with a game (such as a deck of cards) or just by themselves as a tin of tokens for use as child's play money. Some spielmarke say "spiel marke", "spiel geld" or "spiel munze" on them, while others (such as your piece) do not.

The typical age for such pieces is pre-WWI - during and after the war the token-makers switched to making notgeld coins. So the period 1890-1910 wouldn't be unreasonable - and also fits in well with the design of both the car and the balloon.

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