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50 Pfennigs - Reisholz Deutsche Carborundum Werke
| Issuer | Deutsche Carborundum-Werke, Reisholz |
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| Weight | 3.0 g |
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| Obverse lettering | DEUTSCHE CARBORUNDUM-WERKE REISHOLZ 50 ● |
| Reverse description | Octagonal reverse displaying the large numeral '50' prominently in the central field, enclosed within a twisted rope inner circle. The circumferential Latin legend 'KLEINGELDERSATZMARKE' arcs around the upper portion of the rope border. Three six-pointed star ornaments are evenly spaced in the lower field outside the rope circle. A plain pearl rim follows the octagonal periphery. |
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Deutsche Carborundum-Werke was a manufacturer of abrasive and grinding materials operating in Reisholz, a district of Düsseldorf. This piece is a notgeld token, issued during the severe small-change shortages that plagued German industry in the early 1920s — factories and municipalities alike printed or struck their own emergency currency when the Reichsbank could not keep circulating coinage in supply. Zinc was the material of necessity: cheap, available, and easily stamped in-house or by local die-cutters.
Hasselmann's catalog of industrial notgeld places this among the better-documented Düsseldorf-area factory issues.