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10 Pfennig - Aumund-Vegesack Fr. Lürssen
| Issuer | Fr. Lürssen, Aumund-Vegesack |
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| Reference(s) | Men05#1120.3, Men18#1444.3 |
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| Obverse lettering | FR. LÜRSSEN 10 ★ AUMUND-VEGESACK ★ |
| Reverse description | The octagonal reverse is similarly enclosed by an outer pearl rim following the eight-sided periphery. A circular legend in raised Latin lettering reading 'KLEINGELDERSATZMARKE' runs around the upper portion of the field, identifying the token as a small-change substitute. An inner rope-pattern circle encloses the central field, where the large numeral '10' is prominently struck. Three small six-pointed stars are distributed along the lower arc of the legend as decorative separators. |
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Fr. Lürssen was a major German shipbuilder based in Aumund-Vegesack, near Bremen, whose yard would later produce the S-boats of the Second World War. This zinc piece is Lagergeld — factory token coinage issued by private firms to pay workers in controlled scrip, redeemable only at company facilities. The practice was widespread in Imperial Germany and the early Weimar period, keeping wages circulating within the employer's own economic orbit. Zinc was the material of necessity; brass and copper had long been diverted to the war effort by the time most such tokens were struck.