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10 Pfennig - Hildesheim Senkingwerk A.G.
| Issuer | Senkingwerk A.G., Hildesheim |
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| Value | 10 Pfennigs (10 Pfennige) (0.10) |
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| Obverse description | Octagonal zinc notgeld token with a dotted inner border framing the central denomination numeral '10' in large raised figures occupying the field. The circular legend 'SENKINGWERK A.G.' runs along the upper periphery within the beaded border. A small five-pointed star appears in the lower field below the numeral, serving as a decorative stop. The overall design is plain and utilitarian, consistent with German wartime emergency coinage. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Senkingwerk A.G. was a major metalware manufacturer in Hildesheim whose factory-issued notgeld filled the acute small-change shortage that gripped German industry in the early 1920s. Large employers frequently issued their own token coinage redeemable at company facilities, bypassing a municipal money supply that had effectively collapsed. Zinc was the practical choice — cheap, available, and already familiar to a metalworks operation.
Senkingwerk survived into the postwar decades as a producer of household goods before eventually closing.