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50 Pfennigs - Jessenitz in Mecklenburg Deutsche Futterwerke
| Issuer | Deutsche Futterwerke G.m.b.H., Jessenitz |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse description | A continuous pearl border frames the outer rim, enclosing a circular legend in raised Latin lettering reading DEUTSCHE FUTTERWERKE G.m.b.H. JESSENITZ i/M., distributed around the full periphery of the field. The abbreviated corporate designation G.m.b.H. appears prominently in the central field, rendered in bold, widely spaced capital letters. The overall design is plain and utilitarian, characteristic of privately issued German notgeld tokens of the early Weimar period. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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This is a piece of German notgeld — emergency private coinage issued by Deutsche Futterwerke G.m.b.H., an animal feed manufacturer in Jessenitz, Mecklenburg. Such industrial scrip proliferated during the coin shortages of the early Weimar period, when small-denomination metal coinage had effectively vanished from circulation due to wartime hoarding and postwar monetary disruption. Private firms issued their own tokens to make payroll and enable on-site transactions, often redeemable only at company stores or canteens.
The nickel-plated zinc composition reflects raw material constraints of the period — pure nickel was rationed, and zinc blanks with a surface coating were a documented workaround used by several German token manufacturers after 1919.