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20 Pfennig - Sachsen
| Issuer | Saxony, Federal state of |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse description | Within a beaded border, the issuing state name SACHSEN is arranged in a circular legend around the field. The large denomination numeral '20' dominates the center of the field, with the abbreviated denomination 'PF.' inscribed directly below. The design is plain and utilitarian, consistent with the emergency coinage (Notgeld) aesthetic of the early Weimar Republic period. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Saxony turned to the Meissen porcelain manufactory during the postwar material shortages of 1921, when copper and nickel were still tightly controlled under Allied restrictions on German industrial metals. The result was a series of porcelain notgeld coins — legally issued emergency currency — produced at one of Europe's most technically sophisticated ceramic facilities. Brown-glazed examples like this one are a distinct variant within the series; the color differences across the Scheuch-catalogued types reflect actual production batches, not later alterations.