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1 Pfennig - Pforzheim Kollmar and Jourdan A.G.
| Issuer | Kollmar & Jourdan A.G., Pforzheim |
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| Year | 1916 |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | KOLLMAR & JOURDAN A.G. K.J 1916 ★ PFORZHEIM ★ |
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Kollmar & Jourdan was one of Pforzheim's prominent jewelry and metalware manufacturers, a city so thoroughly defined by that trade that it earned the nickname "Goldstadt." During World War I, acute shortages of small coinage drove German municipalities and private firms to issue their own emergency money — Kriegsgeld — and industrial companies like K&J were among those authorized to produce notgeld for use among their workforce and local suppliers. Zinc was the pragmatic wartime substitute, with copper and nickel diverted to shell casings and military hardware.