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50 Pfennig - Allersberg Kattenbeck's Zwieback Baeckerei
| Issuer | Kattenbeck's Zwieback Baeckerei, Allersberg |
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| Year | 1917 |
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| Weight | 2.9 g |
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| Obverse description | Central field displays the heraldic arms of Allersberg, featuring a shield with a rampant lion over horizontal lines, surmounted by an ornate baroque cartouche with scrollwork and flanked by decorative foliage. The date 1917 appears flanking the shield, with the denomination numeral 50 positioned at the base. A circular legend surrounds the central device, separated from the outer rim by a beaded border. The milled outer rim features a distinctive cable or rope pattern. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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German notgeld of this type emerged in 1917 as the imperial war economy stripped copper and nickel from civilian circulation, forcing municipalities and private businesses to issue their own emergency scrip. A bakery issuing its own 50 Pfennig token is a sharp illustration of how far that breakdown reached — Kattenbeck's would have redeemed these against purchases, keeping local exchange functioning when Reichsbank coinage had effectively vanished from everyday trade. Allersberg is a small Bavarian market town, and tokens from businesses of this size survive in modest numbers.