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1 Pfennig - Essen R.W. Dinnendahl
| Issuer | R.W. Dinnendahl A.-G., Essen |
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| Thickness | 0.9 mm |
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| Obverse description | Octagonal zinc notgeld token with a raised beaded border encircling the entire periphery. The issuer's legend reads R.W. DINNENDAHL A.-G. around the upper arc, with ESSEN along the lower arc, flanked by two five-pointed star ornaments. The large numeral '1' dominates the central field, denoting the token's face value of one Pfennig. The overall design is plain and utilitarian, consistent with emergency small-change coinage of the World War I era. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Dinnendahl was a major Essen-based machinery and engineering firm operating through the industrial heart of the Ruhr. This zinc pfennig belongs to the notgeld wave that swept German industrial and municipal issuers during and after World War I, when copper and nickel were commandeered for the war effort and small change effectively vanished from circulation. Zinc, despised by mint workers for its brittleness and die-wearing properties, became the default emergency metal for hundreds of such private and municipal issues.