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5 Pfennig - Schweinfurt Bayrische Schuhfabriken A.-G.
| Issuer | Bayrische Schuhfabriken A.-G., Schweinfurt-München |
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| Weight | 3.1 g |
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| Obverse description | Outer pearl border frames a circular legend reading BAYRISCHE SCHUHFABRIKEN A.-G. SCHWEINFURT-MÜNCHEN, arranged around the full circumference with a six-pointed star serving as a separator at the base. The numeral 5, denoting the denomination, is prominently displayed in large raised figures at the centre of the field, enclosed within a plain inner border formed by the legend itself. The overall design is utilitarian in character, consistent with privately issued emergency coinage of the early Weimar-era notgeld period. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Bayrische Schuhfabriken A.-G. was among hundreds of German manufacturers that issued private emergency coinage — Kriegsgeld or Notgeld — during and after World War I, when metal shortages and hoarding left the official Reichsbank unable to supply adequate small change. Factory-issued pieces like this one functioned as internal wage tokens or canteen currency, redeemable only within the issuing company's own facilities. Iron was the obvious substitute once copper and nickel were redirected to the war effort.
Schweinfurt's industrial base made it a natural site for such issues. The city's bearing and manufacturing firms generated enough internal economic activity to sustain private token circulation well into the postwar disruption period.