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5 Pfennig - Saarbrücken Mannesmannröhrenwerke
| Issuer | Mannesmannröhren-Werke, Abt. Guss-Stahlwerk, Saarbrücken |
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| Weight | 1.6 g |
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| Reverse description | The reverse displays a central round hole in the field, above which the large numeral 5 is prominently struck in raised relief. The legend GUT FÜR is divided to the left and right of the numeral in the upper field, while PFENNIG appears in a single arc below the hole. A beaded border follows the coin's circumference. The design is entirely typographic, characteristic of German notgeld token coinage of the early Weimar period. |
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| Reverse lettering | GUT FÜR 5 PFENNIG |
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Mannesmannröhren-Werke issued this zinc notgeld token during the post-WWI emergency currency period, when coin metal shortages and monetary disruption forced German industrial firms to produce their own small-denomination pieces for paying workers and facilitating transactions within company premises. The Saarbrücken Guss-Stahlwerk division operated in a region that became subject to League of Nations administration in 1920, adding an unusual layer of political ambiguity to any locally-issued currency substitute.
Zinc was the material of necessity — copper and nickel had been consumed by the war effort years earlier.