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5 Pfennig - Hirschfelde Flachsspinnerei H.C. Müller
| Issuer | Flachsspinnerei H.C. Müller, Hirschfelde |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Octagonal reverse centered on a bold raised numeral '5' within a rope-twist inner border, conveying the token's denominational value. The legend 'KLEINGELDERSATZMARKE' (small change substitute token) curves around the upper field between the rope border and an outer ring of raised beads that echoes the octagonal shape. Three small five-pointed stars are evenly spaced along the lower inner border, serving as decorative separators. The flat field is otherwise plain, emphasizing the functional character of this industrial emergency issue. |
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Hirschfelde's linen industry was substantial enough by the early twentieth century that the Flachsspinnerei H.C. Müller operated as a near-autonomous economic unit — paying wages in part through factory-issued notgeld when small-denomination Reichsmünzen dried up during and after the First World War. These private emergency tokens circulated exclusively within the mill's closed economy, redeemable at the company store.
Nickel-plated zinc was the pragmatic wartime substitute for the copper and nickel alloys no longer available to civilian mints.