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1 Pfennig - Eisenach Fahrzeugfabrik
| Issuer | Fahrzeugfabrik Eisenach |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse of this octagonal iron notgeld token displays a single large numeral '1' prominently centered in an otherwise plain field, denoting the face value of one Pfennig. The design is enclosed within a continuous pearl border that follows the full perimeter of the octagonal flan, lending the token a neat, regularized appearance. No additional legend, device, or ornament is present on the reverse, reflecting the austere, functional design philosophy typical of German wartime emergency coinage. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Fahrzeugfabrik Eisenach — better known today as the origin of the Wartburg automobile — began as a bicycle and later carriage manufacturer before pivoting to cars in 1898. During labor-intensive production periods, large industrial firms in imperial Germany routinely issued their own small-denomination iron tokens to facilitate canteen purchases and minor internal transactions, bypassing the chronic shortage of low-value state coinage. This piece belongs to that tradition.
Iron was the material of practical necessity here, not economy — copper was too valuable to commit to plant scrip.