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10 Pfennig - Blaichach Allgäuer Baumwoll Spinn and Weberei
| Issuer | Allgäuer Baumwoll-Spinn- & Weberei vorm. Heinrich Gyr, Bleichach |
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| Reference(s) | Men05#2928.5, Men18#3757.6 |
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| Obverse lettering | ALLGÄUER BAUMWOLL-SPINN-& WEBEREI VORM. HEINRICH GYR 10 ★ BLEICHACH ★ |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Issued by the Allgäuer Baumwoll-Spinn- & Weberei, a cotton spinning and weaving mill in Blaichach in the Allgäu region of Bavaria, this is private notgeld — factory-issued emergency currency produced because small-denomination coinage had effectively vanished from circulation during World War I. Zinc was the material of necessity; brass and nickel had been requisitioned for the war effort, and state mints simply weren't producing enough low-value coin to keep industrial payrolls and canteen transactions functioning. Textile mills, often paying hundreds of workers weekly, were among the most aggressive issuers of such pieces.