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10 Pfennig - Karlstadt am Main Portland Cementfabrik
| Issuer | Portland-Cementfabrik Karlstadt am Main |
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| Weight | 2.6 g |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Octagonal iron token with a continuous pearl border following the eight-sided periphery. An inner dashed or rope-pattern circle encloses the large numeral '10' prominently displayed in the central field. The circular legend 'KLEINGELDERSATZMARKE' arcs across the upper portion of the annular band, while three five-pointed star stops are distributed in the lower portion of the border zone, denoting this piece as a small-change substitute token (Kleingeldersatzmarke). |
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Portland-Cementfabrik Karlstadt am Main issued iron notgeld tokens during the acute small-change shortages of the First World War, when the German state's metal requisitioning programs stripped copper and nickel from circulation almost entirely. Factory-issued tokens of this kind were a practical workaround — redeemable only within the issuing company's own economic orbit, typically the works canteen or company store. Iron was the obvious substitute material, cheap and abundant in an industrial facility, though it corrodes readily and surviving examples in clean condition are correspondingly scarce.