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1 Pfennig - Alfeld C. Behrens
| Issuer | C. Behrens, Alfeld |
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| Reference(s) | Men05#243.1, Men18#348.1 |
| Obverse description | Outer pearl border follows the octagonal flan, enclosing a circular legend in the annulus. The issuer name C. BEHRENS appears in the upper arc, with ALFELD in the lower arc, separated by two five-pointed stars at either side. A secondary inner pearl circle frames the central field, within which the numeral 1 is prominently struck in bold relief. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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A privately issued notgeld token from Alfeld, a small industrial town on the Leine river in Lower Saxony. C. Behrens was almost certainly a local merchant or tradesman issuing fractional scrip to address the chronic small-change shortages that plagued German commerce during the First World War, when zinc and other base metals were being commandeered for munitions production — the same material these tokens were struck from.