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50 Pfennig - Langerfeld Alb. and E. Henkels
| Issuer | Alb. & E. Henkels, Langerfeld bei Barmen |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse lettering | ALB. & E. HENKELS 50 LANGERFELD B. BARMEN |
| Reverse description | Octagonal reverse with a recessed central disc bordered by a rope or cable inner ring and an outer beaded border following the octagonal shape. The large numeral '50' is prominently displayed at center within the recessed disc. The circular legend 'KLEINGELDERSATZMARKE' (small change substitute token) arcs around the upper portion of the inner field. Three five-pointed stars are arranged horizontally in the lower exergual area between the inner ring and the outer beaded border, serving as decorative separators. |
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Issued in 1918 by the Henkels firm in Langerfeld — a textile and metalworking district absorbed into Wuppertal in 1929 — this is a classic example of German wartime Notgeld, produced when the Imperial government's requisitioning of nickel and copper for munitions stripped the civilian economy of small change almost entirely. Private companies, municipalities, and even individual shops were left to fill the gap themselves. Nickel-plated zinc was among the more durable substitute materials chosen, though the plating on surviving pieces frequently shows separation at the edges after a century of handling.