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10 Pfennig - Kempten Mechanische Baumwollspinnerei
| Issuer | Mechanische Baumwoll-Spinnerei und Weberei Kempten |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a minimalist design with a beaded border running along the inner edge of the octagonal flan. The denomination numeral 10 is struck in large, bold relief at the center of an otherwise plain field, dominating the entire surface. No additional legend, date, or ornamental device is present. |
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Kempten's mechanical cotton spinning and weaving works was one of the older textile mills in the Allgäu, and like many German industrial concerns during World War I, it issued its own emergency coinage when small-denomination coins vanished from circulation — hoarded by a public that understood metal's intrinsic value better than the government admitted. This piece is zinc, the wartime fallback material once copper and nickel were diverted to munitions production.