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5 Pfennig - Langenöls Schlesische Holzindustrie Akt. Ges.
| Issuer | Schlesische Holzindustrie Akt. Ges. Langenöls |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse description | Plain pearl border encircles the entire octagonal field. A circular beaded inner ring frames the central denomination numeral '5', rendered in a stylised serif typeface. Flanking the numeral above is a small decorative crown-like ornament. The circumferential legend, reading in Latin script, runs between the pearl border and the beaded circle, naming the issuing company and locality: SCHLESISCHE HOLZINDUSTRIE AKT. GES. above and LANGENÖLS below, each separated by a floral rosette ornament. |
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| Reverse description | Plain pearl border frames the octagonal field. A beaded inner circle encloses the large, prominently struck numeral '5' occupying the central field. The circumferential legend between the pearl border and the beaded circle reads KLEINGELDERSATZMARKE, identifying the piece as a small-change substitute token, with three five-pointed stars serving as decorative separators at the base of the legend. |
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Issued by a Silesian timber and wood-processing company based in Langenöls — today Lasówka, in southwestern Poland — this is company scrip (Lagergeld or Werksgeld) of the type widely circulated in German industrial communities during the early twentieth century, when large employers routinely issued their own token currency redeemable only at company-operated stores. Zinc was the practical choice for low-denomination scrip: cheap, easily struck, and of no meaningful intrinsic value to discourage hoarding or export outside the issuing works.