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25 Pfennigs - Fürth Vereinigte Spiegel Fabriken
| Issuer | Vereinigte Spiegel Fabriken, Fürth |
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| Type | Emergency coin |
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| Obverse description | Plain field bearing the issuer's name in bold raised Latin lettering arranged across three lines: the word VEREINIGTE arching along the upper portion of the field, with SPIEGEL- and FABRIKEN inscribed horizontally across the centre and lower field respectively. The entire design is enclosed within a continuous pearl or beaded border running along the inner rim, with no additional imagery or decorative motif in the field. |
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Vereinigte Spiegel Fabriken — United Mirror Factories — was one of the dominant forces in Fürth's glass and mirror industry, a trade the Bavarian city had monopolized since the 16th century. This zinc notgeld piece dates to the post-WWI emergency currency period, when metal shortages and economic disruption forced private firms and municipalities alike to issue their own small-denomination tokens to keep commerce moving. Zinc was the pragmatic choice: abundant, cheap, and already familiar to industrial operations like mirror silvering.