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1 Pfennig - Hainitz Grützner and Faltis
| Issuer | Grützner & Faltis, Hainitz |
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| Diameter | 16.2 mm |
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| Obverse description | The obverse features a plain field with the numeral '1' centered within an inner beaded circle. The issuer's name 'GRÜTZNER & FALTIS' arcs around the upper portion of the legend, while 'HAINITZ' appears along the lower arc, all in raised Latin lettering. Two small rosette or floral ornaments flank the lower legend at approximately the 4 o'clock and 8 o'clock positions. An outer pearl border runs along the rim, framing the entire design. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse displays the numeral '1' centrally positioned within an inner beaded circle. The circular legend 'KLEINGELDERSATZMARKE' runs around the upper and lateral field in raised Latin lettering, denoting this token's function as a small-change substitute. Three five-pointed stars are arranged symmetrically beneath the inner circle along the lower field. An outer pearl border encircles the entire design at the rim. |
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Grützner & Faltis was a textile manufacturing operation in Hainitz, Bohemia, one of hundreds of industrial firms across the Austro-Hungarian and later Czechoslovak regions that issued private notgeld and token coinage when small-denomination currency dried up — particularly acute during and immediately after World War I. Zinc was the default fallback material once copper and nickel were requisitioned for the war effort.
The Menzel reference numbers suggest this piece is catalogued in both the 2005 and 2018 editions, indicating it survived in enough examples to be consistently documented across successive surveys of Bohemian factory tokens.