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20 Pfennigs - Penzig Gebr. Putzler G.M.B.H.
| Issuer | Gebr. Putzler G.M.B.H., Penzig (Silesia) |
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| Type | Emergency coin |
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| Obverse lettering | GEBR. PUTZLER G.M.B.H. 20 PENZIG O/L. |
| Reverse description | The octagonal flan is bounded by a continuous outer pearl border. The plain central field bears the large denomination numeral '20' in bold, raised figures occupying the majority of the available space, with no additional legend or ornament. The overall design is stark and utilitarian, consistent with wartime notgeld emergency coinage practice. |
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Gebr. Putzler was a glassworks operation in Penzig, a small Silesian town now known as Pieńsk in southwestern Poland. This token belongs to the vast wave of private emergency currency — Notgeld — issued by German industrial firms during the acute coin shortages of World War I, when zinc and other metals were being pulled from civilian coinage for military use. Factory-issued Notgeld of this type circulated among workers as wage scrip, redeemable at company stores or local merchants with whom the firm had arrangements.