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50 Pfennig - Liebau H. and F. Wihard
| Issuer | H. & F. Wihard (Liebau, Silesia) |
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| Reference(s) | Men18#18940.3 |
| Obverse description | Octagonal zinc notgeld token with a plain field. The large numeral '50' occupies the central field, enclosed within a raised rope or beaded inner circle. The peripheral legend reads 'H. & F. WIHARD' at the top and 'LIEBAU i/SCHL.' at the bottom, separated by small five-pointed stars, all set between an outer beaded border running along the edges of the octagon and the inner rope circle. |
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| Reverse description | Octagonal reverse with the large numeral '50' prominently struck in the central field, surrounded by a raised rope circle. The circular legend 'KLEINGELDERSATZMARKE' (small change substitute token) arcs around the upper portion between the rope circle and the outer beaded border. Three five-pointed stars are arranged in a triangular group at the lower portion of the field, outside the rope circle, with the outer beaded border following the octagonal perimeter. |
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H. & F. Wihard was a textile firm operating in Liebau, a small weaving town in Silesia that became a significant center for linen production in the nineteenth century. Like many regional businesses during the First World War, the company issued its own emergency currency — Notgeld — when the imperial government's metal requisitions stripped circulating coinage from everyday commerce. Zinc was the material of necessity, not preference.
Liebau itself passed to Czechoslovakia after 1918 under the name Libavá, and most of its German commercial infrastructure dissolved within a generation.