Catalog
1 Pfennig - Klein-Wanzleben Z.K.W.v.Z. and G. A.G.
| Issuer | Zuckerfabrik Klein-Wanzleben vormals Klein-Wanzleben und Gröningen A.G. |
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| Type | Emergency coin |
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| Reverse description | Octagonal reverse featuring a large bold numeral '1' in the centre field, encircled by a dotted border. The surrounding legend reads 'KLEINGELDERSATZMARKE' (small change substitute token) with the abbreviated issuer location 'KL. WANZLE.' separated by floral ornaments. The overall design is strictly typographic with no pictorial elements, consistent with the functional aesthetic of German industrial Notgeld of the early 1920s. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Klein-Wanzleben's sugar factory notgeld belongs to the wave of private industrial emergency coinage that flooded Germany between roughly 1916 and 1922, when wartime metal requisitions and postwar monetary chaos left employers unable to pay workers in official currency. Zinc was the pragmatic choice — copper and nickel had been commandeered for munitions. The Zuckerfabrik issued these pieces for use within its own closed economic loop: company store, worker settlements, and canteen transactions where state-issued coin simply wasn't available.