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50 Pfennig - Ruppersdorf Chamottefabrik
| Issuer | Chamottefabrik Ruppersdorf |
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| Value | 50 Pfennigs (50 Pfennige) (0.50) |
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| Obverse description | Outer pearl border encircles the entire field, with the circular legend CHAMOTTEFABRIK above and RUPPERSDORF below, separated by two rosette ornaments at the sides. An inner rope-twist circle frames the central field, within which the large numeral 50 is prominently raised in the center. The design is entirely typographic, with no pictorial motifs, reflecting the utilitarian character typical of German industrial notgeld tokens of the World War I era. |
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| Obverse lettering | CHAMOTTEFABRIK 50 ✿ RUPPERSDORF ✿ |
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Ruppersdorf's Chamottefabrik issued zinc notgeld tokens during the acute small-change shortages that plagued German industry in the early 1920s, when hyperinflation made official coinage disappear from circulation almost overnight. Factory-issued tokens of this type functioned as internal scrip — redeemable at company canteens or stores, rarely escaping the plant grounds. Zinc was the material of necessity, not preference; brass and nickel had long since been commandeered for the war effort and never fully returned to the small-denomination supply chain.