Bromberg/Bydgoszcz, Herman Löhnert - Machine Factory S.A., 50 fenig undated
obverse: in the center the number 50 in a border of 51 pearls, inscription in the rim: HERM.LÖHNERT AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, separated by two six-pointed stars, at the rim a border of 83 pearls
reverse: in the center the number 50 in a string border of 72 elements and an inscription in the rim: KLEINGELDERSATZMARKE and five-pointed stars at the bottom, border of 71 pearls
zinc, weight 3.07 grams, diameter 24.2 mm
Literature: B.Sikorski, vol. I, p.58, item 1; B.Sikorski, Catalogue of Coins and Tokens, p.12, item 9, Bydgoszcz 1990
The beginnings of the company date back to 1868 when Herman Löhnert established a factory in Bydgoszcz on Podolska Street (nota bene a few hundred meters from COINSNET's headquarters) - a repair and service workshop dealing with agricultural machinery. Then the plant moved to 13 Dvortsova Street and the production of agricultural machinery began, and over the years the company grew and at the turn of the 20th century it already had 240 employees. The company continued to grow (540, then as many as 880 employees) until the years of the Great Depression of 1929-32, when the company declared bankruptcy. A distant heir to the company is MAKRUM Bydgoszcz.
