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10 Pfennig - Leipzig-Plagwitz Grohmann and Frosch
| Issuer | Grohmann & Frosch (Leipzig-Plagwitz) |
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| Type | Emergency coin |
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| Obverse description | Octagonal zinc notgeld token with a continuous pearl border following the coin's eight-sided outline. A raised beaded circle in the centre of the field encloses the large numeral '10' denoting the denomination. The annular legend between the pearl border and the beaded circle reads 'GROHMANN & FROSCH' across the upper arc and 'LEIPZIG-PLAGWITZ' across the lower arc, each segment flanked by a five-pointed star serving as a divider. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Grohmann & Frosch was a Leipzig-Plagwitz textile firm that issued emergency coinage — Notgeld — during the acute small-change shortages that gripped Germany in the early 1920s. Private industrial companies across Saxony routinely stepped in to mint their own tokens when the Reichsbank could not keep fractional coinage in circulation, redeeming them against wages or company store credit. Zinc was the pragmatic choice: cheap, available, and fast to strike in small quantities.