Catalog
1 Pfennig - Nürnberg Rud. Chillingworth A.G.
| Issuer | Rud. Chillingworth A.G., Nuremberg |
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| Weight | 1.1 g |
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| Obverse description | The octagonal zinc flan features an outer pearl border following the coin's eight-sided perimeter. A circular beaded inner border encloses the central field, within which the numeral '1' is prominently rendered as the denomination. The circumferential legend between the pearl rim and the beaded circle reads 'RUD. CHILLINGWORTH A.G.' above and 'NÜRNBERG' below, separated by five-pointed star ornaments serving as word dividers. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Rud. Chillingworth A.G. was a Nuremberg iron and steel foundry that issued notgeld pfennig pieces during the acute small-change shortages of World War I, when the German Imperial government's coin metal requisitions stripped copper and nickel from circulation almost entirely. Zinc — a controlled industrial metal in its own right — was the compromise. Private industrial firms issuing their own subsidiary coinage was not unusual by 1916–1917; it was a practical necessity endorsed by municipal and regional authorities who could not keep pace with demand.