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25 Pfennig - Harburg Schlosswerft R. Holtz
| Issuer | Schlosswerft R. Holtz, Harburg |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse description | Outer pearl border encircles the entire field. The legend SCHLOSSWERFT arcs along the upper periphery, with R. HOLTZ inscribed horizontally across the upper central field beneath a horizontal rule. A bold ship's anchor occupies the central device, its shank bearing the initials R.H. in raised relief. The legend HARBURG A/E. curves along the lower periphery, completing the issuer identification. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Harburg's Schlosswerft — the castle shipyard on the Süderelbe — issued this zinc token during the acute small-change shortage that gripped Germany in the early 1920s, when municipal and private Notgeld filled the vacuum left by hoarded and melted official coinage. Zinc was the pragmatic choice: aluminium supplies were unreliable, and iron corroded badly in dockyard conditions. Private industrial issuers like R. Holtz rarely produced more than one or two token denominations, keeping circulation tightly controlled within their own workforce.