Catalog
2 Pfennigs - Bremen Heymann & Neumann
| Issuer | Heymann & Neumann (Bremen) |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Diameter | 18.0 mm |
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| Obverse description | Octagonal zinc notgeld token with a beaded border running along the inner edge of all eight sides. The central field displays a large raised numeral '2' denoting the denomination. Surrounding the central motif, a secondary beaded circle frames the legend. The circular legend reads 'HEYMANN & NEUMANN' across the upper arc and 'BREMEN' along the lower arc, flanked by small five-pointed stars, all in raised Latin capitals. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Heymann & Neumann was a Bremen textile and department store firm that issued notgeld during the acute small-change shortage that gripped Germany from 1916 onward, as wartime metal requisitions stripped zinc, copper, and nickel from everyday circulation. Private merchants across Germany filled the vacuum themselves — hundreds of firms did the same — but Bremen's commercial sector was particularly active given its trading economy and dense retail base. This piece corresponds to the second die variety catalogued by Hasselmann, distinguishable from the first by minor typographic differences.