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1 Pfennig - Heddernheim Kupfer Werk
| Issuer | Heddernheimer Kupferwerk |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Reverse description | The denomination numeral '1' is rendered in large, bold relief at the centre of an otherwise plain field, serving as the sole design element. A continuous inner dentilated border runs close to the raised rim, providing the only decorative framing. The stark, utilitarian character of the design is typical of Notgeld emergency coinage produced during the inflationary period of the early Weimar Republic. |
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Heddernheimer Kupferwerk, a copper and metal goods manufacturer in the Frankfurt suburb of Heddernheim, issued notgeld pfennig pieces during the acute small-change shortage that gripped Germany in the early 1920s. Industrial firms commonly issued their own emergency coinage redeemable at company facilities when municipal and state supplies dried up. The irony of a copper works issuing zinc rather than copper tokens likely reflects wartime and postwar metal allocation restrictions that lingered well into the early Weimar period.