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10 Pfennigs - Augsburg Zahnräderfabrik Augsburg vorm. Joh. Renk
| Issuer | Zahnräderfabrik Augsburg vorm. Joh. Renk (Act.Ges.) |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse lettering | ZAHNRÄDERFABRIK AUGSBURG VORM. JOH. RENK (ACT.GES.) |
| Reverse description | Toothed outer rim surrounds a plain, unadorned field. The large bold numeral '10' is struck in high relief and centered on the otherwise undecorated reverse, indicating the token's face value of 10 Pfennig. No additional legend, unit inscription, or ornamental device appears on this side. |
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Zahnräderfabrik Augsburg — a precision gear manufacturer incorporated as a joint-stock company from the earlier sole proprietorship of Johann Renk — issued zinc notgeld tokens during the acute small-change shortage that gripped Germany in the early 1920s. Many industrial firms across Bavaria minted their own scrip during this period simply to pay workers in denominations the Reichsbank could no longer supply in sufficient quantity. Zinc was the material of necessity, not preference; copper and nickel had been absorbed by wartime requisitions and postwar metal shortages left manufacturers with few alternatives.