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2 Pfennig - Zipsendorf Leonhardwerke A.G.
| Issuer | Leonhardwerke A.G., Zipsendorf |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Octagonal zinc reverse sharing the same peripheral pellet border as the obverse. The central field displays a large numeral '2' enclosed within an inner rope or beaded circle. The circular legend 'KLEINGELDERSATZMARKE' (small change substitute token) runs around the upper portion of the inner circle. At the base of the inner circle, three small six-pointed stars are evenly spaced, serving as decorative separators. The design is plain and functional, reflecting the emergency nature of this privately issued Notgeld piece. |
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Leonhardwerke A.G. was a lignite briquette and coal processing operation in Zipsendorf, a mining settlement in Saxony that was later subsumed by the expansion of open-cast mining and effectively erased from the map by the 1980s. This token belongs to the broader German *Werksgeld* tradition — factory-issued scrip redeemable only at company-controlled canteens or stores, a practice that kept wages circulating within the employer's own economy. Zinc was the practical wartime and postwar substitute when copper and nickel were either rationed or unavailable.