Catalog
1 Pfennig - Eisenach August Wallmeyer
| Issuer | August Wallmeyer (Eisenach) |
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| Weight | 1.0 g |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Octagonal reverse with the numeral '1' at center, enclosed within a raised rope or cable inner border. The circular legend 'KLEINGELDERSATZMARKE' (small change substitute token) arcs around the upper and lateral portions of the field. Three five-pointed stars are positioned at the base of the inner circle, with an additional star at lower left and lower right flanking the rope border terminus. The outer border mirrors the obverse with a continuous ring of raised pellets along the octagonal edge. |
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August Wallmeyer operated as a merchant or tradesman in Eisenach during the Notgeld era, when hundreds of German municipalities and private businesses issued their own emergency coinage to address the chronic small-denomination coin shortage that plagued everyday commerce — particularly acute between 1916 and 1922. Zinc was the practical choice for private issuers: cheap, workable, and available when copper and nickel had been commandeered for the war effort.
The Menzel catalog references place this squarely within the documented private merchant token issues, though Wallmeyer's specific trade remains unconfirmed in available records.