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1 Pfennig - Pirna a. E. Fr. Küttner
| Issuer | Fr. Küttner, Pirna |
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| Thickness | 0.8 mm |
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| Obverse description | An outer pearl border follows the octagonal flan periphery, enclosing a circular beaded inner border. Within the annular field formed between the two borders, the legend 'Fr. Küttner' appears at the top and 'PIRNA a. E.' at the bottom, separated by a five-pointed star on each side. The central field displays the large numeral '1' denoting the denomination. |
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| Reverse description | An outer pearl border follows the octagonal flan periphery, enclosing a circular beaded inner border. The annular field between the two borders carries the legend 'KLEINGELDERSATZMARKE' distributed around the circumference, with three five-pointed stars at the base. The central field bears the large numeral '1', indicating the token's nominal value. |
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Pirna's wartime municipal and commercial token issues emerged from the same Kleingeldersatz crisis that paralyzed small-denomination circulation across Germany from 1916 onward. Fr. Küttner was a local merchant or tradesman — the firm issued this piece to cover transactions when imperial zinc pfennigs were being hoarded or melted. Private issuer notgeld of this type was technically tolerated rather than formally authorized, operating in a legal grey zone that the Reichsbank eventually moved to suppress by 1922.