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2 Pfennigs - Friedrichswerth Eduard Meyer
| Issuer | Eduard Meyer, Friedrichswerth |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Value | 2 Pfennigs (2 Pfennige) (0.02) |
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| Obverse description | Pearl border at rim enclosing a circular legend reading 'EDUARD MEYER' above and 'FRIEDRICHSWERTH' below. An inner beaded circle frames the large numeral '2' in the central field, denoting the denomination. The design is simple and utilitarian, typical of German World War I notgeld emergency coinage produced by local merchants and municipalities. |
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| Obverse lettering | EDUARD MEYER 2 FRIEDRICHSWERTH |
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Eduard Meyer's Friedrichswerth notgeld emerged from the acute small-change famine that gripped Germany from 1916 onward, as wartime metal requisitions stripped copper and nickel from civilian circulation entirely. Municipal authorities and private issuers across the country filled the void with locally produced zinc and iron pieces that the Reichsbank tolerated rather than sanctioned. Meyer's issue is a minor entry in an enormous field — Hasselmann's catalog alone documents hundreds of comparable Thuringian private issues from this single year.