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1 Pfennig - Werdau Sächsische Waggonfabrik
| Issuer | Sächsische Waggonfabrik |
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| Thickness | 0.8 mm |
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| Obverse description | Octagonal zinc notgeld token with a beaded border running along the full periphery of the coin. The circular central field displays the large numeral '1' in raised relief, enclosed within an inner beaded ring. The circumferential legend reads 'SÄCHSISCHE WAGGONFABRIK' along the upper arc and 'WERDAU' along the lower arc, flanked by floral ornaments, all in raised Latin capitals. |
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| Obverse lettering | SÄCHSISCHE WAGGONFABRIK 1 ✿ WERDAU ✿ |
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Sächsische Waggonfabrik was a major rolling stock manufacturer in Werdau, Saxony, producing railway wagons and trams from 1872 onward. Like many large German industrial firms after World War I, it issued its own emergency coinage — Notgeld — to address the chronic small-change shortages that plagued the early Weimar period when official copper and zinc coins were hoarded or melted. Factory-issued pieces of this kind circulated internally among workers, redeemable at company canteens or shops.