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10 Pfennig - Hammelburg Kant. Verw. II B. 16
| Issuer | Kantinen-Verwaltung II, Lager Hammelburg |
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| Value | 10 Pfennigs (10 Pfennige) (0.10) |
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| Obverse description | The octagonal field is bounded by an outer pearl border following the shape of the coin. Within this border, a circular pearl ring frames a raised numeral '10' prominently centered in the field. A continuous circumferential legend in Latin characters reads 'KANT. VERW. II. B.16' in the upper arc and 'LAGER HAMMELBURG' in the lower arc, each section separated by a five-pointed star. The design is entirely typographic, with no figurative elements, reflecting the utilitarian character of this prisoner-of-war camp canteen token. |
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| Reverse lettering | KLEINGELDERSATZMARKE 10 ★ ★ ★ |
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Hammelburg was a major German prisoner-of-war camp during World War I, and the Lagergeld issued there — administered by the canteen authority (Kantinen-Verwaltung) — formed a closed monetary system designed to prevent real currency from circulating among prisoners. The zinc composition reflects wartime metal shortages that had stripped domestic coinage of anything more valuable.
The "II B" designation distinguishes this piece within a layered administrative hierarchy at the camp, likely separating prisoner compounds or canteen jurisdictions. Zinc camp tokens from Hammelburg survive in varying states; this series is documented in both Menzel 2005 and the revised 2018 corpus.