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50 Pfennigs - Ruppersdorf Chamottefabrik
| Issuer | Chamottefabrik Ruppersdorf (Germany) |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | An outer pearl border surrounds a circular legend reading KLEINGELDERSATZMARKE, with three small star or asterisk ornaments positioned at the lower field. An inner pearl circle encloses the central field, within which the large numeral 50 is displayed in raised relief. The design is stark and functional, reflecting the emergency nature of this factory-issued substitute small-change token. |
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Chamotte — refractory fireclay — was a critical industrial material during the First World War, and factories producing it were classified as essential war industries. Ruppersdorf's Chamottefabrik issued notgeld like this piece when the Imperial government's metal requisitions and small-change shortage made conventional coinage effectively unavailable to factory workers receiving wages. Iron was the unsentimental solution: abundant, cheap, and increasingly unpopular in circulation due to rust and weight.
The Hasselmann reference places this firmly within the catalogued Saxony factory notgeld issues, a category where survival rates vary sharply by issuer size.