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1 Pfennig Bäckerei Nagel
| Issuer | Bäckerei Nagel, Fürth (Bavaria) |
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| In circulation to | Yes |
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| Obverse description | Plain buff cardboard note with a centrally placed scalloped circular border printed in black, enclosing the issuer name and denomination in bold letterpress type. The unadorned background emphasizes the utilitarian character of this emergency small-change token. |
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| Obverse lettering | Bäckerei Nagel 1 Pfg. |
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German notgeld issued by private commercial establishments — bakeries, butchers, hardware shops — became briefly necessary during the acute small-coin shortage of 1917–1921, when metal was diverted to war production and the Imperial mint could not keep pace with demand. Bäckerei Nagel of Fürth was one of hundreds of Bavarian traders who issued their own cardboard scrip redeemable against goods rather than cash, a legally tolerated workaround that collapsed once the Reichsbank reasserted coin supply in the early 1920s.
The Tieste Va classification places this within the Fürth municipal grouping. Bakery-issued pieces were typically redeemed quickly or discarded, making commercial notgeld from small traders considerably scarcer than the commemorative municipal series printed for collectors.