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50 Pfennig - Augsburg Maschinenfabrik Augsburg-Nürnberg
| Issuer | Maschinenfabrik Augsburg-Nürnberg A.G. |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Value | 50 Pfennigs (50 Pfennige) (0.50) |
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| Obverse description | Octagonal zinc notgeld token with a plain, undecorated field at center bearing the large numeral '50' in bold raised relief. The denomination is enclosed within a double beaded border forming a concentric circle. The outer legend, reading along the periphery of the octagonal flan, identifies the issuer as MASCHINENFABRIK AUGSBURG-NÜRNBERG A.G. and the specific facility as WERK NÜRNBERG KANTINE, separated by five-pointed star ornaments positioned at the lower arc. The overall design is typographic and functional, consistent with wartime industrial canteen token production. |
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| Obverse lettering | MASCHINENFABRIK AUGSBURG-NÜRNBERG A.G. ★ WERK NÜRNBERG KANTINE ★ ★ 50 |
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Maschinenfabrik Augsburg-Nürnberg — better known as MAN — issued this notgeld token in 1918 as Germany's wartime metal shortages made official coinage increasingly scarce. By that stage of the war, copper, nickel, and even iron had been requisitioned for munitions, pushing municipal authorities and large industrial employers alike to produce their own substitute currency in zinc and pressed cardboard. MAN was one of the Reich's most critical war industries, manufacturing submarine diesel engines and military vehicles, which made keeping its workforce paid and functional a logistical priority the company solved partly through internal scrip.