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10 Pfennig - Eisleben Mansfeldsche Gewerkschaft
| Issuer | Mansfeldsche Gewerkschaft, Eisleben |
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| Year | 1917 |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Reverse description | Within a beaded border, the large numeral '10' is prominently displayed in the centre of the field. The circular legend KLEINGELDERSATZ arcs across the upper portion of the coin, denoting this token as small change substitute currency. The date 1917 is inscribed along the lower arc, flanked on either side by a six-pointed star serving as separators. A narrow flat border separates the legend from the beaded rim. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The Mansfeldsche Gewerkschaft was one of Germany's oldest and most significant copper-mining operations, tracing its origins in the Mansfeld region back to the fifteenth century. By 1917, the imperial zinc supply was so thoroughly consumed by the war effort — shell casings, fuses, military hardware — that even a major industrial concern like Mansfeld found itself issuing notgeld in the same metal it was nominally producing for the state. The mines continued operating under severe material constraints throughout the war years.
Eisleben itself is the birthplace of Martin Luther, though the Gewerkschaft's corporate history predates even that association by decades.