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50 Pfennig - Aumund-Vegesack Fr. Lürssen
| Issuer | Fr. Lürssen (Aumund-Vegesack) |
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| Reference(s) | Men05#1120.4, Men18#1444.4 |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Fr. Lürssen was one of Germany's most prominent shipbuilders, based on the Weser at Aumund-Vegesack near Bremen — a firm that would later produce E-boats for the Kriegsmarine. This token belongs to the notgeld issues produced during the acute small-change shortages of World War I, when private firms, municipalities, and even shops issued their own emergency currency to keep wages and transactions moving. Zinc was the material of necessity: copper and nickel had been requisitioned for the war effort, leaving manufacturers to work with whatever the blockade hadn't yet claimed.