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1 Pfennig - Leipzig Adolf Bleichert and Co
| Issuer | Adolf Bleichert & Co, Leipzig |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse description | Square zinc notgeld token with rounded corners and a continuous pearl border running along all four sides. The issuer's name appears in two lines across the upper field: ADOLF above BLEICHERT & Co. The numeral 1 is prominently struck in large raised relief at the centre of the field. The city name LEIPZIG is inscribed in a straight legend along the lower margin, completing the identification of the issuing firm and its location. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Adolf Bleichert & Co. was the dominant manufacturer of aerial ropeways and wire cable systems in late 19th-century Germany, their Leipzig-Gohlis works exporting equipment across four continents. Factory tokens of this type functioned as internal small change — canteen currency, essentially — redeemable only within the firm's own facilities. Zinc was the wartime and austerity-period default for such issues, cheap and locally sourced when copper was reserved for industrial contracts the company itself was likely fulfilling.