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1 Pfennig - Berlin-Wilmersdorf Elektr. Werk Südwest AG
| Issuer | Elektr. Werk Südwest AG, Berlin-Wilmersdorf |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse description | Octagonal zinc notgeld token with a plain, unadorned field at centre bearing the large numeral '1' indicating the denomination. The issuer's legend encircles the central device in two arcs, reading 'ELEKTR. WERK SÜDWEST A.G.' above and '★ BLN. WILMERSDORF ★' below, separated by raised dot-and-bead border rings that follow the octagonal contour. The overall design is utilitarian in character, consistent with wartime and post-war German small-change emergency coinage. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Elektricitätswerk Südwest AG was a Berlin utility company that issued token coinage for internal use — most likely for vending machines or canteen transactions on company premises. Such corporate pfennig tokens proliferated in Germany during the early twentieth century, particularly in the years surrounding World War I when small-denomination coinage vanished from circulation as hoarding stripped the monetary system of its most mundane metal.
Wilmersdorf was incorporated into Greater Berlin only in 1920, which gives that geographic designation in the issuer name a useful terminus ante quem for dating the token's origin.