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20 Pfennig Rothenbach, Steinkohlen-Bergwerk Consol. Abendröthe
| Issuer | Steinkohlen-Bergwerk Consolidation Abendröthe, Rothenbach i. Schl. |
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| Year | 1917 |
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| Value | 20 Pfennigs (20 Pfennige) (0.20) |
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| Obverse description | Plain cream paper with all design elements applied by rubber stamp in violet ink. At the top, an oval stamp vignette bears the issuer's name in the upper arc, a crossed hammer and pick (mining insignia) at centre, and the locality name in the lower arc. Below the oval, the denomination numeral '20' is hand-stamped in large bold script followed by the Pfennig sign, both in the same violet ink. |
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| Obverse lettering | STEINKOHLEN-BERGWERK CONSOL. ABENDRÖTHE Rothenbach i. Schl. 20 ₰ (Translation: Consolidated Coal Mine Abendröthe. Rothenbach in Silesia. 20 Pfennig) |
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Rothenbach im Schlesien (now Rybnik-Chwałowice, Poland) was a significant coal extraction district during the First World War, and private mine operators routinely issued small-denomination emergency scrip when Imperial coinage disappeared from circulation after 1916. This note is a product of that specific shortage — Reichsmünzen were being hoarded and melted, and collieries needed a functional wage-payment medium for their workers.
Square-format Notgeld of this type was produced in large quantities by Silesian industrial issuers in 1917, but survivorship is uneven. Mine scrip was redeemed and discarded rather than saved, making intact examples less common than their original print runs suggest.