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5 Pfennig - Oberzwieselau Benedikt v. Poschinger
| Issuer | Benedikt von Poschinger (Glassworks), Oberzwieselau |
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| Year | 1917 |
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| Thickness | 1.1 mm |
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| Obverse description | The octagonal field is framed by a pearl border running along all eight sides. An inner beaded circle encloses the large numeral '5' prominently centered in the field, with the date '1917' inscribed below it. The issuer's name 'BENEDIKT V. POSCHINGER' arcs across the upper legend between two small floral ornaments, while 'OBERZWIESELAU' runs along the lower legend, all in raised Latin capitals. Two small star ornaments flank the lower portion of the beaded inner circle. |
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| Reverse description | The octagonal field is bordered by a continuous pearl rim along all eight sides. An inner rope-twist circle encloses the large numeral '5' prominently centered in the field. The legend 'KLEINGELDERSATZMARKE' (small change substitute token) arcs around the upper and right portions of the inner circle in raised Latin capitals. Three small six-pointed stars are arranged symmetrically along the lower portion of the field outside the rope circle, serving as decorative separators. |
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Issued by the Poschinger glassworks during WWI, when the Imperial German government's requisitioning of copper and nickel for munitions production forced hundreds of private employers — factories, mines, municipalities — to mint their own small-change tokens. The Poschinger family had operated glassworks in the Bavarian Forest since the 17th century, and by 1917 the facility at Oberzwieselau was sufficiently large to warrant its own internal currency for wage payments and company store transactions.
Zinc was the material of necessity, not choice — corrosion-prone and difficult to strike cleanly.