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2 Pfennig - Düsseldorf M.-Fabr. Rheinland A.G.
| Issuer | Maschinenfabrik Rheinland A.G., Düsseldorf |
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| Type | Emergency coin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse design is identical to the obverse, displaying an outer plain rim with a circular legend reading M.- FABR. RHEINLAND A.-G. D'DORF surrounding an inner pearl border. A five-pointed star punctuates the legend at the lower register. The large numeral 2, representing the face value of two Pfennig, occupies the central field within the pearl circle, rendered in bold raised lettering. |
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| Reverse lettering | M.- FABR. `RHEINLAND` A.-G. D`DORF ★ 2 |
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Maschinenfabrik Rheinland A.G. was among hundreds of German industrial firms that issued their own notgeld coinage during the acute small-change shortages of the early 1920s, when hyperinflation was destroying the purchasing power of official currency faster than the Reichsbank could respond. Factory-issued tokens like this one functioned as internal scrip — paid out in wages, redeemable at company canteens or cooperative stores, and rarely seen outside the plant gates.
Zinc was the default material for these issues precisely because it was cheap and easy to strike in small quantities. The Menzel catalog distinguishes two varieties at this reference pair.