We already have a reference to the Aschoff catalogue for German Play money
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/catalogue.php?id=857
This catalog seems to be unfindable, but Thomas Engelen has edited and expanded Aschoff and also included part of the German play coins listed in Rogers (is being added https://en.numista.com/forum/topic152030.html). And … Wunderbar! … this catalogue is available online for all to enjoy and can even be downloaded as pdf:
online: https://nnp.wustl.edu/library/book/624801
pdf: https://ia601607.us.archive.org/18/items/DeutschesKinderspielgeld/DeutschesKinderspielgeld.pdf
As fas as I have been able to check with the items already listed from Aschoff, the numbering is indeed identical, but newly found items have been added following the original numbering system. Do we use the online catalogue to continue listing items as “Aschoff#”, as most of the work was done in that original publication. Do we add both “Aschoff#” and “Engelen#”, but most items will then have two identical numbers (except the new ones, and all those that are not added by someone who owns Aschoff to check the listing). Or do we only use “Engelen#” as this catalogue is available to all to check and remove the references to Aschroff as they are identical.
The first option gives credit to the original work of Aschroff, but will then also inlude items that were added by Engelen (information on the Engelen edition could be added on the page of Aschroff)
The second option is stupid, as too many pointless duplicates and someone owning the original Aschroff should then check which ones were added by Engelen.
The third option would throw out the work of the more renowned original Aschroff catalogue.
What to do? Maybe a fourth option … to make an "Aschroff/Engelen#" reference?
