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10 Pfennig - Frechen Wachtberg I, Wilhelma, Windling
| Issuer | Wachtberg I, Wilhelma, Windling mines (Frechen) |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Reverse description | Octagonal reverse with a raised pearl border along the outer rim. An inner twisted rope circle encloses the large numeral '10' at center. The circular legend KLEINGELDERSATZMARKE (small change substitute token) runs around the upper portion of the field between the pearl rim and the rope circle, with three five-pointed stars evenly spaced along the lower arc, all rendered in raised Latin capital letters. |
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| Mintage | ND - 2 Var. |
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These zinc tokens were issued by the Frechen brown coal mining operations — Wachtberg I, Wilhelma, and Windling — as internal scrip for use in the mine canteens and company stores that dominated worker commerce in the Rhineland lignite fields. German mining companies issued such tokens extensively through the mid-twentieth century, partly to keep wages cycling within company-controlled commerce and partly because small-denomination coinage was chronically scarce during wartime and occupation periods. Zinc was the material of necessity, not choice — copper and nickel had military priority.