Token - Brinkmann Tabak (Berman, Germany) ND front Token - Brinkmann Tabak (Berman, Germany) ND back
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Token - Brinkmann Tabak (Berman, Germany) ND

 
Aluminium - 30 mm
Description
Location
Germany (1871-1948)
Issuing company
Martin Brinkmann
Type
Medals › Advertising medallions
Composition
Aluminium
Diameter
30 mm
Shape
Round (I have seen these listed as 27,30 and 34mm dia.)
Technique
Milled
Demonetized
Yes
Updated
2024-11-14
References
Numista
N#359008
Rarity index
97%

Reverse

Pearled Rim.
Stacked legend.

Scripts: Latin, Latin (cursive)

Lettering:
Brinkmann Tobak
Deutschlands
meistgerauchter
Tobak

Translation:
Brinkman Tobacco
of Germany
most smoked
tobacco

Edge

Plain

Comment



A Brinkman pouch and tin.
In 1813, the merchant Nicolaus Wilkens founded a tobacco shop in Bremen's old town and a tobacco factory in Burgdamm near Bremen