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1 Pfennig - Radebeul-Dresden Union Werke G.M.B.H.
| Issuer | Union-Werke G.M.B.H. Radebeul-Dresden |
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| Diameter | 16.2 mm |
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| Obverse description | Octagonal zinc notgeld token with a pearl border following the full perimeter of the coin. A circular beaded inner ring encloses the central field, within which the numeral '1' appears prominently in large raised relief. The circumferential legend between the pearl rim and the beaded circle reads 'UNION-WERKE G.M.B.H.' above and 'RADEBEUL-DRESDEN' below, separated by two five-pointed star ornaments at left and right. |
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| Reverse lettering | KLEINGELDERSATZMARKE 1 ★ ★ ★ |
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Union-Werke G.M.B.H. was a German industrial firm operating in Radebeul, a manufacturing suburb just northwest of Dresden, that issued notgeld pfennig pieces during the acute small-coin shortages of the early 1920s. Corporate notgeld of this type — zinc, low denomination, purely functional — was produced to pay workers when reichsmark coinage had effectively vanished from daily wage transactions, hoarded or melted as metal values outpaced face values.
Radebeul-area factory issues are among the least documented of Saxony's industrial notgeld, and the Menzel catalogue cross-references suggest only a single known type for this firm.