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5 Pfennig - Rosenberg i. O. Andr. Pemsel
| Issuer | Andr. Pemsel, Rosenberg in der Oberpfalz |
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| Diameter | 19.1 mm |
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| Obverse description | The obverse displays an outer pearl border encircling a beaded inner ring, within which the large numeral '5' occupies the central field as the denomination. The circular legend between the pearl border and the beaded ring reads 'ANDR. PEMSEL' at the top and 'ROSENBERG i/O' at the bottom, separated by five-pointed stars at each side. The overall design is plain and utilitarian, characteristic of German Notgeld small-change tokens of the early Weimar period. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Rosenberg in der Oberpfalz is a small market town in Bavaria; by the time notgeld like this piece was being struck in iron, Germany's wartime metal requisitions had stripped conventional coinage from circulation almost entirely. Municipal and commercial emergency money filled the gap, and individual merchants — not just towns — issued their own denominations. Pemsel was almost certainly a local tradesman or shopkeeper whose iron pfennig circulated only within a narrow commercial radius, redeemable against purchases at the issuing establishment.