Token 22 – DSWA – German South West Africa – Hansa Hotel Misch, Swakopmund – 20 Pfennig Werth-Marke, c. 1900–1914

Token 22 – DSWA – German South West Africa – Hansa Hotel Misch, Swakopmund – 20 Pfennig Werth-Marke, c. 1900–1914

Original Werth-Marke (value token) of the Hansa Hotel Misch in Swakopmund, German South West Africa.

The token bears “WERTH-MARKE 20 M”, indicating a value of 20 Pfennig, and is associated with the Hansa Hotel Misch, one of the hotels serving the growing coastal town of Swakopmund during the German colonial period.

Private hotel tokens such as this were used for internal commercial purposes and represent an interesting part of the local token currency system of German South West Africa.

An original and historically interesting example of private hotel token currency from German South West Africa, documenting the commercial and hospitality history of early Swakopmund.