1 Pfennig / wampfler round golden metal bottle opener

## 1 Pfennig

wampfler

View from the side with the 1 Pfennig

View from the side with the wampfler logo and the crane

Round golden metal bottle opener made to look like a Germany **1 Pfennig coin** from the front with a **wampfler logo** and an image of a **crane** on the backside. The small capital 'D' at the very top of the "coin" marks it as being from the Bavarian Central Mint in Munich.

This opener was part of an exchange with *E.B.*

The *1 Deutsche Mark*, *1 Pfennig*, *10 Pfennigs*, etc. coins are often used as the base for round metal bottle openers, with one side of the opener having a "copy" of the coin and the other side housing an advertisement for whatever company produced it. For this reason we have created a category page for bottle openers made to look like coins.

## Trivia

### Pfennig

The **pfennig** (symbol Pf. or ₰) or penny is a former German coin or note, which was the official currency from the 9th century until the introduction of the euro in 2002. While a valuable coin during the Middle Ages, it lost its value through the years and was the minor coin of the Mark currencies in the German Reich, West and East Germany, and the reunified Germany until the introduction of the euro. The Mark gold currency, introduced in 1871 (with the minting of the 20 Mark gold coin) as the currency of the newly founded German Reich, was divided as 1 Mark = 100 Pfennig. This partition was retained through all German currencies until 2001.

### wampfler

**Wampfler** (stylized as *wampfler*) was founded in 1959 by *Manfred Wampfler* in Lörrach, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. In 1963 the company moved to the newly developed industrial area of ​​Märkt. In the 1970's the company expanded to Ireland and the USA, and in the 1990's to Asia. In 2007 the **Delachaux Group** acquired 100% of the shares in what was then Wampfler AG. The energy and data transmission division now operates under the name Conductix-Wampfler.

" ***Conductix-Wampfler**, fully owned by Delachaux Group, is one of the world leaders in the design and manufacture of efficient energy and data transmission systems for all types of mobile equipment and machinery.*

*Our mission is to keep our customers’ business moving!  Our goal is to work closely with our customers to improve their productivity and to build long-term partnerships that lead to highly energy efficient and sustainable operations.  All equipment is rigorously designed and manufactured with respect to the environment, high product quality, and to our customers’ applications and operating conditions.*

*We have focused on the field of mobile electrification systems since 1902.  During the last century, our group has continuously developed innovative conductive and inductive energy and data transmission solutions for industrial customers around the globe. Today, Conductix-Wampfler proudly serves the world’s largest material handling, automation and mass transit customers.  Our dedicated specialists also support customers in the optical fiber and cable machinery business.*  "

 - description of Conductix-Wampfler from the *About us* page of the company's website

## See also

* Pfennig (Wikipedia)
* Conductix-Wampfler website
* Conductix-Wampfler (Wikipedia) (German)
* Other bottle opener made to look like coins in our collection
* Other round metal bottle openers in our collection