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2 Pfennig - Abbach Portland-Abbach A. G.
| Issuer | Portland-Abbach A.-G. |
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| Weight | 1.3 g |
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| Obverse description | Outer pearl border follows the octagonal flan, enclosing a circular pearl ring within which the large numeral '2' is prominently centered in the field. The issuer's legend 'PORTLAND-ABBACH A.-G.' runs around the periphery between the pearl border and the inner pearl circle, with a small five-pointed star serving as a divider at the base of the legend. |
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| Reverse description | Outer pearl border follows the octagonal flan, enclosing a twisted rope circle within which the large numeral '2' is prominently centered in the field. The legend 'KLEINGELDERSATZMARKE' curves around the upper periphery between the pearl border and the rope circle, identifying the token as small-change substitute coinage, while three five-pointed stars are evenly spaced along the lower portion of the field. |
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Portland-Abbach A.G. operated one of Bavaria's major cement works on the Danube south of Regensburg, and like many large industrial employers in the Wilhelmine and Weimar periods, it issued its own small-denomination tokens to facilitate transactions within a company-controlled store or canteen. Zinc was the pragmatic choice — cheap, available, and sufficiently distinct from official coinage to avoid counterfeiting concerns from the other direction.
The Menzel reference numbers suggest two catalogued varieties exist for this type.