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1 Pfennig - Radebeul-Dresden Union Werke G.M.B.H.
| Issuer | Union-Werke G.M.B.H. Radebeul-Dresden |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse lettering | UNION-WERKE G.M.B.H. 1 ✶ RADEBEUL-DRESDEN ✶ |
| Reverse description | Octagonal reverse with a matching pearl border encircling the entire perimeter. An inner twisted rope circle delimits the central field, which bears the large numeral '1' in raised relief. The legend 'KLEINGELDERSATZMARKE' arcs around the upper portion of the field between the pearl rim and the rope circle, identifying the piece as a small-change substitute token. Three five-pointed stars are arranged along the lower arc of the field between the rope circle and the pearl border. |
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Union-Werke G.M.B.H. was a German industrial firm operating in Radebeul, a manufacturing suburb just northwest of Dresden, that issued notgeld pfennig pieces during the acute small-coin shortages of the early 1920s. Corporate notgeld of this type — zinc, low denomination, purely functional — was produced to pay workers when reichsmark coinage had effectively vanished from daily wage transactions, hoarded or melted as metal values outpaced face values.
Radebeul-area factory issues are among the least documented of Saxony's industrial notgeld, and the Menzel catalogue cross-references suggest only a single known type for this firm.