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5 Pfennigs - Berlin Deutsche Bank
| Issuer | Deutsche Bank, Berlin |
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| Value | 5 Pfennigs (5 Pfennige) (0.05) |
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| Obverse lettering | DB |
| Reverse description | A continuous beaded border frames the entire field. The large numeral '5', denoting the denomination of five Pfennige, is placed prominently at center in a bold, raised relief numeral. The field is otherwise bare, with no supplementary legend, exergue inscription, or decorative devices. |
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Deutsche Bank issued notgeld coinage during the post-WWI economic disruptions when municipal and commercial institutions across Germany filled the vacuum left by a collapsed central coinage supply. This iron 5 Pfennig piece is catalogued under both Menzel and Hasselmann, the two principal references for German corporate and banking notgeld, suggesting it circulated with enough presence to earn independent documentation in both systems.
Iron was chosen out of necessity — copper and nickel were either strategically reserved or simply unavailable in the early 1920s.