Katalog
Warum registrieren? Nur um Bots aus unserem Katalog fernzuhalten. Ihre E-Mail bleibt privat — wir geben sie nie weiter und senden Ihnen nichts Unerwünschtes. Das garantieren wir Ihnen!
| Emittent | Gebr. Knipping G.m.b.H., Altena |
|---|---|
| Jahr | |
| Typ | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Nennwert | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Währung | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Material | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Gewicht | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Durchmesser | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Dicke | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Form | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Prägetechnik | Milled |
| Ausrichtung | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Stempelschneider | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Im Umlauf bis | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Referenz(en) | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Aversbeschreibung | The obverse features a plain central field enclosed by an inner pearl border, with a further pearl rim running along the outer edge. The issuer's legend is arranged in a complete circular band within the border, reading GEBR. KNIPPING G.M.B.H. in the upper arc and ALTENA in the lower arc, each segment separated by a raised dot stop. The design is of simple utilitarian character, typical of privately issued German notgeld emergency coinage of the early Weimar period. |
|---|---|
| Aversschrift | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Averslegende | GEBR. KNIPPING G.M.B.H. ● ALTENA ● |
| Reversbeschreibung | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Reversschrift | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Reverslegende | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Rand | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Prägestätte | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Auflage | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Zusätzliche Informationen |
Gebr. Knipping was a wire and needle manufacturer in Altena, a Westphalian town whose metalworking industries made it a natural candidate for private notgeld production during the acute small-change shortages of 1917–1921. Factory-issued coinage of this kind was tolerated — and in some cases quietly encouraged — by municipal authorities who lacked the means to supply workers with enough fractional currency to function through a pay cycle.
The zinc composition reflects wartime and immediate postwar material constraints; copper and nickel were restricted for civilian coinage well into the early Weimar period.