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10 Pfennig - Hildesheim Senkingwerk A.G.
| Issuer | Senkingwerk A.G., Hildesheim |
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| Type | Emergency coin |
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| Obverse description | An outer pearl border follows the octagonal periphery of the flan, enclosing a circular legend in Latin capital letters reading SENKINGWERK A.G. A concentric inner pearl circle frames the large numeral 10 prominently displayed in the central field. A single small five-pointed star appears at the base of the design, between the inner pearl circle and the outer border. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Senkingwerk A.G. was a major metalworks and enamelware manufacturer in Hildesheim, and like hundreds of German industrial firms during the acute small-change shortage of 1917–1921, it issued its own notgeld coinage to pay workers when the Reichsbank could not supply sufficient coin. Iron was the material of necessity — copper and nickel had been requisitioned for the war effort years earlier.
Factory-issued pieces like this one rarely travelled far from the paymaster's window.