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5 Pfennig - Karlstadt am Main Portland Cementfabrik
| Issuer | Portland Cementfabrik Karlstadt am Main |
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| Type | Emergency coin |
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| Obverse lettering | PORTLAND-CEMENTFABRIK 5 ★ KARLSTADT am MAIN ★ |
| Reverse description | Outer pearl border follows the octagonal flan, with the circular legend KLEINGELDERSATZMARKE (small change substitute token) arranged around the upper periphery, flanked at the base by three five-pointed stars. An inner twisted rope circle encloses the central field, within which the large numeral '5' is prominently raised, reiterating the denomination. |
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Notgeld tokens issued by private industrial firms during and after World War I reflect the near-total breakdown of small-denomination coinage in Germany, as wartime metal requisitioning stripped circulation of copper and nickel. The Karlstadt am Main cement works would have issued this piece primarily to pay and retain its own labor force, functioning as scrip redeemable at company-affiliated vendors rather than as general currency. Iron was the material of necessity — most private notgeld issuers had no better options after 1916.