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1 Pfennig - Nürnberg Sprengstoff A.G.
| Issuer | Nürnberg Sprengstoff A.G. |
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| Thickness | 1.0 mm |
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| Obverse description | Outer pearl border follows the octagonal flan perimeter, enclosing a circular legend in raised relief. The circular legend reads SPRENGSTOFF A.-G. above and NÜRNBERG below, separated by two rosette ornaments at the lower sides. An inner beaded circle frames the central field, within which the numeral 1 appears prominently in large raised figures, denoting the denomination. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Nürnberg Sprengstoff A.G. was a German explosives manufacturer, and like many industrial firms during the First World War and its aftermath, it issued zinc notgeld tokens to address the chronic small-change shortage that plagued German commerce between roughly 1916 and the early 1920s. Factory-issued pfennig pieces of this kind circulated internally among workers — used at company canteens and shops — rather than in open trade, which explains why zinc examples from industrial issuers often survive in surprisingly decent condition.