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5 Pfennig - Nürnberg Andreas Macher Maurermeister
| Issuer | Andreas Macher, Maurermeister, Nürnberg |
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| Reference(s) | Men18#23776.1 |
| Obverse description | The field is dominated by the large numeral '5' centered within an inner pearl border, denoting the denomination. A continuous circular legend in raised Latin characters surrounds the inner border, reading 'ANDREAS MACHER' across the upper arc and 'MAURERMEISTER' across the lower arc, flanked by two six-pointed stars, with 'NÜRNBERG' inscribed at the base. The entire design is enclosed by an outer raised pearl rim. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Andreas Macher was a master mason (*Maurermeister*) operating in Nürnberg who issued this zinc token as private emergency currency — almost certainly during the acute small-change shortage that gripped German cities in the early Notgeld period around 1917–1921. Tradesmen and craftsmen issuing their own scrip was unusual even by Notgeld standards; most private issues came from merchants, innkeepers, or cooperative societies rather than individual building contractors.
The Men18 reference situates this firmly within the specialized Menzel catalog of German private tokens.