Abensberg issued this zinc notgeld piece during the postwar monetary chaos that left German municipalities scrambling to produce their own small-denomination coinage. The zinc composition reflects wartime metal priorities that had not yet unwound — copper and nickel remained scarce in 1921, pushing municipal issuers toward inferior alloys that corrode readily, which is why problem-free survivors are harder to find than mintage figures alone would suggest.
Abensberg issued this zinc notgeld piece during the postwar monetary chaos that left German municipalities scrambling to produce their own small-denomination coinage. The zinc composition reflects wartime metal priorities that had not yet unwound — copper and nickel remained scarce in 1921, pushing municipal issuers toward inferior alloys that corrode readily, which is why problem-free survivors are harder to find than mintage figures alone would suggest.