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1 Pfennig - Radeberg F.L.R.
| Issuer | Radeberg, City of |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse description | Plain octagonal zinc field bearing the numeral '1' prominently at the top of the central area, below which the abbreviated issuer designation 'F.L.R.' appears in large block capitals across the mid-field. Two horizontal rows of raised beads run parallel across the field, framing the lettering above and below, with a single raised pellet situated at the base of the field. The design is stark and utilitarian, typical of German Notgeld emergency coinage of the early Weimar period. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Radeberg issued notgeld coinage during the acute small-change shortage that gripped Germany in the early 1920s, when centrally minted low-denomination coins effectively vanished from circulation as inflation eroded their intrinsic and face value simultaneously. The "F.L.R." designation identifies the issuing authority abbreviation used on this piece — a municipal shorthand common among Saxon notgeld issuers of the period.
Zinc was the default material for municipal emergency coinage precisely because it was cheap, abundant, and easy to strike without industrial-scale equipment.