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3 Mark - Lengefeld im Erzgebirge Wittig and Schwabe
| Issuer | Wittig & Schwabe Metallwarenfabrik, Lengefeld im Erzgebirge |
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| Year | 1921 |
| Type | Emergency coin |
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| Obverse description | Central field bears the large numeral '3' above a stylized decorative device resembling a miner's lamp or crown ornament, with 'M' (Mark) inscribed within the decorative element below. The circular legend reads 'LENGEFELD I. ERZG.' arching around the upper portion of the coin, with the date '1921' positioned at the base. The design is rendered in low relief on a plain, smooth porcelain field with a beaded or milled border. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Wittig & Schwabe was a metal goods manufacturer pressed into emergency currency production during the Notgeld crisis of 1921, when municipal and commercial issuers across Germany scrambled to fill the void left by a coinage system that had effectively collapsed under postwar inflation. Porcelain Notgeld of this period was produced primarily in Saxony and Thuringia, where the ceramic industry had the tooling and kilns to take on such contracts quickly. The brown-glaze variant documented under Scheuch #306a is the less commonly encountered of the known color types for this issue.