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10 Pfennig - Leipzig Jäger, Rothe and Siemens-Werke
| Issuer | Jäger, Rothe & Siemens-Werke, Leipzig |
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| Type | Emergency coin |
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| Reverse description | Identical in design to the obverse: an octagonal field enclosed by a pearl border, with a concentric beaded inner circle surrounding the large raised numeral 10 at centre. The circular legend JÄGER, ROTHE & SIEMENS-WERKE is disposed between the two borders, interrupted at the base by a small five-pointed star. The uniformity of both faces reflects the standardised production typical of German wartime and inflationary-era industrial notgeld. |
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| Reverse lettering | JÄGER, ROTHE & SIEMENS-WERKE 10 ★ |
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Issued by a consortium of three Leipzig industrial firms — Jäger, Rothe, and Siemens-Werke — this zinc notgeld token emerged from the acute small-change shortage that gripped Germany during and immediately after the First World War. Municipal and private issuers across the Reich filled the gap when Reichsbank coinage disappeared into hoarding and metal requisition drives. Zinc was the material of necessity, not preference; by 1917 copper and nickel had been redirected almost entirely to munitions production.