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KIAUCHAU: Wilhelm II, 1898-1914, 10 pfennig, Kiautschou, ND (1910), PCGS MS61

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Chinese Coins - Foreign Colonies Start Price:170.00 USD Estimated At:200.00 - 250.00 USD
KIAUCHAU: Wilhelm II, 1898-1914, 10 pfennig, Kiautschou, ND (1910), PCGS MS61
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This item SOLD at 2025 May 16 @ 17:51UTC-07:00 : PDT/MST
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KIAUCHAU: Wilhelm II, 1898-1914, 10 pfennig, Kiautschou, ND (1910), Menzel-2951.4, nickel-plated brass token, uniformed bust of Friedrich Wilhelm Voigt, the "Captain of Köpenick", facing forward // initials P.H. at center, WERT-MARKE 10 PFG. around, a pleasant well struck lustrous mint state example, PCGS graded MS61. Germany ruled the Kiautschou Bay leased by and located in China while being centered on Jiaozhou Bay from 1898 to 1914. The territory was Friedrich Wilhelm Voigt (1849-1922) 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. Although he served two years in prison, he became a folk hero as "the Captain of Köpenick" (der Hauptmann von Köpenick). He was pardoned by Kaiser Wilhelm II. The initials at reverse center stand for Paul Herpich, proprietor of a "Konfektionsgeschäft" (fine clothing store) in Berlin. A number of these tokens have been attributed to Kiau Chau recently by grading companies and various auction houses. In our opinion the attribution is tenuous and it is more likely strictly a Berlin token issue.