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1 Pfennig - Pforzheim Fritz Kohm
| Issuer | Fritz Kohm (merchant/business, Pforzheim, Baden) |
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| Weight | 1.1 g |
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| Reverse description | Octagonal reverse with a beaded outer rim following all eight edges. The legend KLEINGELDERSATZMARKE is inscribed in a circular arrangement around a rope or twisted-cord inner circle, flanked by small star ornaments. The numeral 1 occupies the central field, identifying the token's face value, with decorative elements filling the lower portion of the inner circle. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Fritz Kohm operated as a merchant in Pforzheim during the early 1920s, when Germany's municipal and commercial token coinage exploded out of necessity. The Reichsbank's inability to supply adequate small-denomination coin drove thousands of private businesses and municipalities to issue their own emergency money — Kleingeldersatz — with varying degrees of official tolerance. Zinc was the pragmatic choice: cheap, available, and fast to strike in quantity.
Pforzheim's goldsmithing and jewelry industry made it an unusual host for such mundane scrip.