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| Issuer | Rennert & Korinthenberg G.M.B.H., Neuss |
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| Weight | 1.4 g |
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| Reverse description | Outer pearl border follows the octagonal periphery, enclosing a twisted rope circle. The legend 'KLEINGELDERSATZMARKE' (small change substitute token) curves around the upper portion of the field within the rope border. Three small six-pointed stars are evenly spaced at the base of the rope circle. The large numeral '5' is prominently raised in the central field, denoting the token's face value. |
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| Mintage | ND |
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Rennert & Korinthenberg was a Neuss-based hardware and ironmongery firm that issued this zinc notgeld token during the acute small-change shortage that gripped Germany in the early 1920s. Private commercial notgeld of this type was tolerated — briefly — by municipal and central authorities as a stopgap, with firms essentially printing their own fractional currency redeemable against purchases. Zinc was the material of necessity: copper and nickel had been consumed by the war effort, and aluminum supplies were inconsistent.