10 Pfennig - Amberg Kantinenverwaltung 6. Inft. Regt.

Amberg, in Bavaria, was a garrison town for much of the Imperial German period, and the 6th Infantry Regiment maintained a canteen administration — Kantinenverwaltung — that issued its own small-denomination tokens to control internal purchasing within the barracks economy. These regimental tokens kept soldiers' spending within the canteen system and reduced the handling of official coinage in what were essentially closed commercial environments. Zinc was the practical choice: cheap, easily struck, and worthless enough to discourage hoarding or export beyond the garrison.