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20 Pfennigs - Gatersleben Zuckerfabrik
| Issuer | Zuckerfabrik Gatersleben (Sugar Factory Gatersleben) |
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| Type | Emergency coin |
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| Obverse description | Plain field featuring a prominent large numeral '20' centered within an inner beaded circle. A circular Latin legend reading 'ZUCKERFABRIK' at the top and 'GATERSLEBEN' at the bottom, separated by pellet stops, occupies the annular zone between the inner beaded border and an outer beaded rim. The design is stark and utilitarian, consistent with emergency token coinage of the German inflation period. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Gatersleben's sugar factory issued notgeld like this during the acute small-change shortages that gripped German industry in the early 1920s, when centralized minting could not keep pace with demand and private firms were effectively licensed to plug the gap. Factory-issued zinc pieces of this type circulated almost exclusively within the company's own payment ecosystem — canteen purchases, wage supplements, and internal scrip — meaning genuine wear is uncommon but edge nicks from industrial handling are not.