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20 Mark - Kirschau Vereinigte Spinnereien u. Webereien G.M.B.H.
| Issuer | Vereinigte Spinnereien u. Webereien G.M.B.H., Kirschau |
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| Year | 1922 |
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| Diameter | 30.5 mm |
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| Obverse description | A stylized eagle displayed with wings spread occupies the central field, grasping a yarn spool in its talons — an emblem referencing the textile trade of the issuing firm. The place name KIRSCHAU appears in the lower central field beneath the eagle. The circular legend, reading along the periphery, identifies the issuing company, with the abbreviation G.M.B.H. positioned at the base of the coin between two small dots. |
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| Reverse description | The denomination numeral '20' is prominently displayed in large raised figures at the center of the field, enclosed within a raised circular border. The word MARK appears below the numeral in bold capital letters. The upper peripheral legend reads NOTGELD 1922, flanked by small lozenge stops, identifying this piece as emergency currency issued in 1922. A small lozenge ornament appears at the base of the coin. |
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Kirschau's textile combine issued this piece during the notgeld emergency of 1922, when Germany's postwar inflation had so thoroughly disrupted the Reichsmark that private firms, municipalities, and cooperatives across Saxony printed and struck their own emergency currency simply to make payroll. Vereinigte Spinnereien u. Webereien — a consolidated spinning and weaving operation — relied on its workforce showing up daily; without small-denomination scrip, wage payments became logistically impossible.
Aluminium was the practical choice by this point. Copper and zinc had been consumed by the war years prior.