5 Pfennig - Abbach Portlandzementwerke

Abbach Portland cement works, situated on the Danube south of Regensburg, issued this zinc notgeld piece in 1918 as the German wartime metal shortage reached its worst point. Zinc had itself become scarce by mid-war, which is why most surviving examples from this factory issue show pronounced die fatigue — the works were not equipped for precision striking, and production quality was inconsistent from the outset.