Catalog
1 Pfennig - Rathenow Rathenower Dampfmühlen A.G.
| Issuer | Rathenower Dampfmühlen A.G. (Rathenow Steam Mills Ltd.) |
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| Diameter | 16.2 mm |
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| Reverse lettering | KLEINGELDERSATZMARKE 1 * * * |
| Edge | Plain |
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Rathenower Dampfmühlen A.G. was one of hundreds of German industrial firms that issued zinc notgeld pfennigs during the acute small-change shortages of 1916–1922, when wartime metal requisitions stripped circulation of copper and nickel coinage almost entirely. Factory-issued tokens like this one functioned as wage scrip redeemable only at company-affiliated canteens or shops, tethering workers' purchasing power directly to their employer.