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50 Pfennig - Freising Anton Schlüter Motorenfabrik
| Issuer | Anton Schlüter Motorenfabrik, Freising |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Composition | Brass |
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| Obverse description | Plain brass field bearing the large bold numeral '50' prominently centered, rendered in a serif typeface that dominates the design. The legend 'ANTON SCHLÜTER ★ MOTORENFABRIK ★' is arranged in a circular inscription around the periphery of the field, reading clockwise and flanked by five-pointed star separators. A continuous beaded border encircles the entire design, forming a neat inner ring just inside the raised rim. The overall design is utilitarian in character, consistent with the Notgeld (emergency money) issues of the World War I period. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Anton Schlüter's agricultural machinery firm in Freising issued this notgeld token in 1918 as the German imperial coinage system buckled under wartime metal requisitions. Brass, zinc, and iron were commandeered for munitions production, leaving civilian commerce desperately short of small change. Thousands of German firms, municipalities, and institutions filled the gap with their own emergency currency — Schlüter among them. The company would later become well known for its tractors, but in 1918 it was still primarily building stationary engines and farm equipment for a war economy stretched to its limit.