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1 Pfennig - Deggendorf L. and E. Vollmuth
| Issuer | L. & E. Vollmuth, Deggendorf |
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| Type | Emergency coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Plain octagonal iron field with the large numeral '1' prominently displayed in the centre. An inner rope or cable border encircles the numeral, within an outer beaded border aligned to the octagonal form. The circular legend 'KLEINGELDERSATZMARKE' — meaning 'small change substitute token' — arcs around the upper and lateral periphery in raised Latin capitals. Three six-pointed stars are arranged symmetrically in the lower field below the rope border, serving as decorative devices and separators. |
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Vollmuth was a commercial firm in Deggendorf, Bavaria, that issued notgeld tokens during the acute small-change shortage that gripped Germany in the early 1920s. Private merchants and businesses across the country filled the gap left by an overwhelmed state mint system, producing iron, zinc, and pressed-cardboard pieces to make ordinary retail transactions possible.
Iron was the material of necessity, not choice — copper and brass had been requisitioned for war production years earlier and remained scarce well into the postwar period.