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1 Pfennig - Ratibor Eisenbahn Haupt Werkstatt
| Issuer | Eisenbahn Haupt-Werkstatt Ratibor (Railway Main Workshop Ratibor) |
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| Weight | 2.0 g |
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| Reverse description | Central field displays the large numeral 1 in raised relief, with the word PFENNIG arching along the lower periphery in raised Latin capitals. The legend ERSATZKLEINGELD arches along the upper periphery, separated from the denomination by two raised five-pointed stars positioned at left and right of centre. A small central round hole pierces the field beneath the numeral. The design is enclosed within a continuous pearl border running close to the milled rim. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Railway workshop tokens of this type were issued as internal scrip — redeemable only at the company canteen or store — allowing employers to advance wages without releasing spendable currency into the broader economy. The Eisenbahn Haupt-Werkstatt at Ratibor (now Racibórz, in present-day Poland) was a major Prussian state railway maintenance facility, and its workers would have encountered these iron pieces as a routine part of daily life in the shops. Iron was chosen not for convenience but for deliberate inconvertibility; it made forgery pointless and hoarding unattractive.