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GOETZ: K-219 Town & Country

K-219 TOWN AND COUNTRY (Stadt und Land), 1919, Cast AE, 58.5mm, wt. 69.1g, UNC.

This is a lightly teasing statement by Goetz about the disparity between the producer and the consumer.

Obverse: Inscription ‘Town”. In town a line of hungry people wait in front of a butcher shop to get their assigned food rations.

Reverse: Inscription “und land” In the country a fat farmer sits at a table, while his heavy-set wife brings a steaming bowl of food. Under the table, a cat is licking milk that the town children are lacking.

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    "Thank God i'm a country boy!!!!"image
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    AuldFartteAuldFartte Posts: 4,597 ✭✭✭✭
    "Lightly teasing" ??? It hits me a lot harder than that. Awesome medal.
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    cachemancacheman Posts: 3,130 ✭✭✭✭
    ...well, there aren't any dying bodies the people are trampling, right? Then it's 'lightly teasing'...image
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    AethelredAethelred Posts: 9,291 ✭✭✭
    In the city scene: A woman has just purchased two kids to take home and cook.

    In the country scene: Cats get fed, not eaten.

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    AskariAskari Posts: 3,713
    Note the skeletal look to many of the city faces.
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    Political satire at it's best!!
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    So all the city folk should move to the country and become productive... image
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    If the fat guy eats all this food his wife is carrying, he's going to blow up. image
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    Reminds me of the "hungry Sofia" mentality that some people had a couple of years back.
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