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1 Pfennig - Nürnberg Rud. Chillingworth A.G.
| Issuer | Rud. Chillingworth A.G., Nuremberg |
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| Thickness | 0.9 mm |
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| Reverse description | The reverse of this octagonal notgeld token displays an outer pearl border aligned to the eight-sided flan. A rope or cable inner circle encloses the central field bearing the large numeral '1' denoting the denomination. The circular legend 'KLEINGELDERSATZMARKE' (small change substitute token) arcs across the upper portion between the pearl rim and the inner rope border, while three five-pointed stars are evenly spaced along the lower arc as decorative separators. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Rud. Chillingworth A.G. was a Nuremberg iron and steel foundry that issued notgeld pfennig pieces during the acute small-change shortages of World War I, when the German Imperial government's coin metal requisitions stripped copper and nickel from circulation almost entirely. Zinc — a controlled industrial metal in its own right — was the compromise. Private industrial firms issuing their own subsidiary coinage was not unusual by 1916–1917; it was a practical necessity endorsed by municipal and regional authorities who could not keep pace with demand.