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50 Pfennig - Krümmel Fabrik Krümmel
| Issuer | Fabrik Krümmel (Dynamit Nobel AG, Krümmel) |
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| Type | Emergency coin |
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| Obverse description | Octagonal zinc notgeld token with a plain pearl border following the periphery of the coin. An inner beaded circle encloses the large numeral '50' prominently centered in the field. The issuer's legend 'FABRIK KRÜMMEL' is inscribed in raised Latin letters within the annular space between the outer pearl rim and the inner beaded circle. A five-pointed star flanked by two pellets appears at the base of the inner circle, serving as a decorative separator. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Fabrik Krümmel was the Nobel explosives plant on the Elbe south of Hamburg, originally established by Alfred Nobel himself in 1865 as one of his first industrial-scale dynamite facilities. During both World Wars, the plant operated under severe labor shortages and cash scarcity, prompting management to issue zinc notgeld tokens for internal payroll use — redeemable at the factory canteen and company store, nowhere else. Zinc was the wartime compromise material after nickel and copper were requisitioned for munitions production, which gives this token a certain irony given what Krümmel was manufacturing.