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5 Pfennig - Augsburg Maschinenfabrik Augsburg-Nürnberg
| Issuer | Maschinenfabrik Augsburg-Nürnberg A.G. (MAN) |
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| Thickness | 0.92 mm |
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| Obverse description | Within a beaded border, the company name MASCHINENFABRIK AUGSBURG-NÜRNBERG A.G. is arranged in a circular legend around the periphery, separated by floral ornaments. An inner beaded circle encloses a second circular legend reading NUR GILTIG IM WERK GUSTAVSBURG, with the large numeral 5 displayed prominently in the center field, denoting the denomination. |
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| Reverse lettering | KLEINGELDERSATZMARKE 5 ★ ★ ★ |
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MAN issued zinc notgeld tokens during the early 1920s to address the chronic small-change shortage that paralyzed German industry — workers couldn't make purchases in factory canteens or at company stores when the Reichsbank simply couldn't produce enough low-denomination coinage to keep pace with inflation. MAN's Augsburg and Nürnberg plants both circulated their own scrip, creating localized parallel economies entirely within the factory gates.
Zinc was the practical choice: copper and nickel had been commandeered for the war effort years earlier and remained scarce.