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5 Pfennig - Wüstewaltersdorf Websky, Hartmann and Wiesen
| Issuer | Websky, Hartmann & Wiesen (textile firm, Wüstewaltersdorf) |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Octagonal reverse featuring a raised pearl border along the coin's periphery. A circular rope-pattern ring encloses the large numeral '5' at center. The legend 'KLEINGELDERSATZMARKE' (small change substitute token) arcs across the upper field, while three six-pointed star ornaments are arranged in the lower exergual area between the rope circle and the pearl rim. |
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Wüstewaltersdorf, a weaving village in Silesia, became one of the more prolific issuers of Notgeld during the early 1920s as the German monetary system buckled under postwar inflation. Websky, Hartmann & Wiesen — a textile manufacturer rather than any monetary authority — issued these zinc pieces primarily to pay workers in fractional amounts when official coinage had effectively vanished from circulation. Factory-issued Notgeld of this kind was redeemable only at company stores or against wages, a closed loop that kept the firm's own liquidity intact.