Presseck is a small town in Upper Franconia, Bavaria, and the Mechanische Schuhfabrik Vormals Müller & Heinz was one of the factory operations that issued zinc notgeld tokens during the acute small-change shortages of the First World War and its immediate aftermath. German municipalities and private firms alike were forced to produce their own emergency coinage when the Reichsbank's metal supplies were consumed by the war effort and official subsidiary coinage essentially vanished from daily commerce.
Zinc was the default material for such issues — copper and nickel had been requisitioned.
Presseck is a small town in Upper Franconia, Bavaria, and the Mechanische Schuhfabrik Vormals Müller & Heinz was one of the factory operations that issued zinc notgeld tokens during the acute small-change shortages of the First World War and its immediate aftermath. German municipalities and private firms alike were forced to produce their own emergency coinage when the Reichsbank's metal supplies were consumed by the war effort and official subsidiary coinage essentially vanished from daily commerce.
Zinc was the default material for such issues — copper and nickel had been requisitioned.