Token 33 – German South West Africa – “WERTH-MARKE 50” – Hotel R. – Private Hotel Token

Token 33 – German South West Africa – “WERTH-MARKE 50” – Hotel R. – Private Hotel Token

Original Werth-Marke 50 bearing the designation “HOTEL R.”, an interesting example of the private token currency used in the commercial and hospitality life of German South West Africa.

The token represents a 50-value Werth-Marke, issued for use in connection with a hotel establishment. Werth-Marken were privately issued pieces used within businesses and establishmts for payments, services or internal accounting rather than functioning as official government coinage.

Importantly for collectors, the 50-value denomination was part of a wider denomination range issued by the same hotel, with other values also known from the series. This makes the 50 particularly interesting to collectors who enjoy assembling different denominations of one issuer and studying the complete range of a historical private token issue.

The combination of the hotel designation, 50-value denomination and its place within a broader series gives this piece considerable collector appeal. Hotel Werth-Marken provide a direct link to the everyday commercial and hospitality life of German South West Africa and are an important part of the colony's private token currency.

For collectors of German South West Africa, Namibian history, hotel tokens and German colonial exonumia, this is an attractive original piece. The 50-value token is especially appealing when considered alongside other denominations from the same Hotel R. series.

An interesting and highly collectible original Werth-Marke, representing the private commercial token tradition of German South West Africa and offering collectors the opportunity to build a denomination set from the same historic hotel issue.