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50 Pfennigs - Lichtenberg Paul Kertzscher
| Issuer | Paul Kertzscher, Lichtenberg |
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| Type | Emergency coin |
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| Obverse description | A continuous pearl border frames the coin's periphery, within which a circular legend reads 'WERTMARKE' at the top and 'PAUL KERTZSCHER, LICHTENBERG/E.' around the lower arc, separated by bullet points. The large numeral '50' occupies the central field in bold raised relief, serving simultaneously as the denomination. The overall design is typographic and utilitarian in character, consistent with German notgeld token production of the World War I era. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Paul Kertzscher was a Lichtenberg manufacturer who issued notgeld during the acute coin shortage of World War One, when the German imperial government's metal requisitions stripped everyday commerce of small change almost overnight. Private and municipal emergency issues like this one filled the gap at the local level, backed by nothing more than the issuer's commercial reputation. Zinc was the material of necessity — copper and nickel had gone to the war effort.