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5 Pfennigs - Dieringhausen Mühlenthaler
| Issuer | Mühlenthaler Dieringhausen |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Reverse description | Outer pearl border follows the octagonal flan. The circular legend KLEINGELDERSATZMARKE arcs around the upper portion of a rope-pattern inner circle, with three small stars positioned at the lower periphery serving as separators. The large numeral 5 is prominently centered in relief within the rope circle, denoting the denomination. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Dieringhausen is a small locality in the Bergisches Land region of western Germany, and its Mühlenthaler — mill tokens — belong to a class of private emergency currency issued by industrial and commercial concerns during the severe coin shortages of the First World War and its aftermath. German municipalities and private businesses flooded the market with zinc, iron, and aluminum notgeld pieces when the imperial coinage system could not keep fractional currency in circulation. The specific issuing authority here, a mill operation, reflects how thoroughly the shortage penetrated rural commerce.