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1 Pfennig - Mannheim Stotz and Cie
| Issuer | Stotz & Cie, Mannheim |
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| Type | Emergency coin |
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| Obverse description | Outer pearl border enclosing a beaded inner circle, within which the large numeral '1' appears prominently in the centre of the field. The circular legend reads 'KRIEGSGELD DER FIRMA STOTZ & CIE.' around the periphery, with a six-pointed star positioned at the base beneath the inner circle. The overall design is utilitarian in character, consistent with German World War I private emergency coinage. |
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| Reverse description | Outer pearl border enclosing a plain beaded circle encompassing the company monogram in the centre of the field. The device consists of a bold equilateral triangle with a circular cartouche at its centre bearing the stylised initial 'S', serving as the corporate logo of Stotz & Cie. The field is otherwise plain, and no additional legend appears on this face. |
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Stotz & Cie was a major Mannheim-based electrical supply company, and this iron pfennig belongs to the broader class of German private emergency coinage — Privatnotgeld — issued by firms and municipalities when small-denomination metal coinage effectively vanished from circulation during the First World War. Iron replaced copper and nickel as those metals were requisitioned for war production, making base-metal tokens the only practical solution for making change at the factory or company store level.