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10 Pfennig - Lüdinghausen Maschinenfabrik Pilgrim
| Issuer | Maschinenfabrik Pilgrim, Lüdinghausen |
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| Value | 10 Pfennigs (10 Pfennige) (0.10) |
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| Obverse description | Octagonal zinc notgeld token with a pearl border following the coin's eight-sided periphery. An inner beaded circle frames the central field, within which the large numeral '10' is prominently struck in bold relief. The circular legend between the pearl rim and the beaded circle reads 'MASCHINENFABRIK PILGRIM' at the top and 'LÜDINGHAUSEN' at the bottom, separated by small floral ornaments acting as dividers. |
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| Obverse lettering | MASCHINENFABRIK PILGRIM 10 ✿ LÜDINGHAUSEN ✿ |
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Maschinenfabrik Pilgrim was a machinery manufacturer in Lüdinghausen, Westphalia, that issued this zinc token during the acute small-change shortage that gripped Germany in the early 1920s. Municipalities and private firms alike were forced to produce their own emergency currency — Notgeld — when the Reichsbank could not keep pace with inflation-driven coin hoarding and melting. Factory-issued pieces like this one were typically redeemable only at the company canteen or works store, functioning as a captive currency for the workforce.
Zinc was the material of necessity: copper and nickel had been diverted to war production years earlier and never fully returned to civilian coinage supply.