1 Pfennig - Berlin A. Wertheim

1 Pfennig - Berlin (A. Wertheim) - obverse1 Pfennig - Berlin (A. Wertheim) - reverse

Obverse © A.Wertheim – Reverse © Wertmarke

Features

Issuer Prussian province of Berlin (German notgeld)
Issuing entity Wertheim Retail stores
Type Standard circulation coin
Value 1 Pfennig (0.01)
Currency Mark (1914-1924)
Composition Zinc
Weight 1.4 g
Diameter 17.6 mm
Thickness 1.0 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
121814
References Men05# 1895.1,
Peter Menzel; 2005. Deutschsprachige Notmünzen und Geldersatzmarken im In- und Ausland / Band 1. Ausgabeorte Aach bis Myszkowo (2nd edition). Münzhandel + Verlag Beate Strothotte, Gütersloh, Germany.
And 1 more volumes.
Men18# 2443.1,
Peter Menzel; 2018. Deutschsprachige Notmünzen und Geldersatzmarken im In- und Ausland 1840-2002. Winfried Bogon Verlag, Berlin, Germany.
TC# 522139
TokenCatalog.com (http://tokencatalog.com)

Obverse

Pearl rim, company and city name surrounding company logo.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
A.WERTHEIM
W
★ BERLIN ★

Reverse

Pearl rim, legend half circled above denomination.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
WERTMARKE
1
⋆★⋆

Edge

Smooth

1 Pfennig - Berlin (A. Wertheim) -  obverse

© Edge type

Mint

Heinrich Arld GmbH, Nuremberg, Germany (1861-date)

Comments

Issuing authority: [Privat, Brandenburg]
Menzel: BBB
In 1875 Abraham (Aka Adolf)and Ida Wertheim opened a small retail store in Eastern Germany. In the ensuing years their stores grew into a department store empire.

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