Heritage Auctions Europe

Auction 82  –  13 - 18 May 2024

Heritage Auctions Europe, Auction 82

Ancient, Dutch and World Coins, Medals, Orders and Decorations, Banknotes

Part 1: Mo, 13.05.2024, from 9:30 AM CEST
Part 2: Mo, 13.05.2024, from 5:00 PM CEST
Part 3: Tu, 14.05.2024, from 9:30 AM CEST
Part 4: We, 15.05.2024, from 9:30 AM CEST
Part 5: Th, 16.05.2024, from 9:30 AM CEST
Part 6: Fr, 17.05.2024, from 9:30 AM CEST
Part 7: Sa, 18.05.2024, from 9:30 AM CEST
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Description

China - Medals & Tokens - Kiau Chau - German Occupation nickel-plated brass 10 Pfennig Token nd. (1914) (Menzel-2951.4) - Obv: Uniformed bust Friedrich Wilhelm Voigt facing / Rev: P.H. within beaded circle - a.UNC, occupation token type, produced in Berlin, Friedrich Wilhelm Voigt (1849-1922) a.k.a. ‘the Captain of Köpenick’ was a German impostor who, in 1906, masqueraded as a Prussian military officer, rounded up a number of soldiers under his "command", and "confiscated" more than 4,000 marks from a municipal treasury (Wikipedia). The initials at reverse center stand for Paul Herpich, proprietor of a "Konfektionsgeschäft" (fine clothing store) in Berlin. Nowadays grading companies are slabbing these tokens under Kiau Chau, but this attribution is frail and it’s maybe just a Berlin token issue

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Price realized 200 EUR
Starting price 100 EUR
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