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10 Pfennig - Meppen Heseper Torfwerk G.M.B.H.
| Issuer | Heseper Torfwerk G.M.B.H., Meppen |
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| Type | Emergency coin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse displays the bold numeral '10' prominently in the center of the field, with the denomination legend PFENNIG inscribed along the lower arc. The legend KLEINGELDERSATZMARKE ('small change substitute token') curves along the upper arc of the annular zone. The entire design is contained within an inner beaded circle, itself bordered by an outer pearl rim, maintaining the same plain typographic style as the obverse. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Heseper Torfwerk was a peat extraction operation near Meppen in the Emsland region, an area whose boggy terrain made it one of the more productive peat-harvesting zones in northwestern Germany. Company-issued scrip of this kind was common among isolated industrial operations during the early Weimar period, when small-denomination coinage disappeared from circulation almost entirely — workers needed something to spend at the company store, and zinc was cheap enough to strike tokens in quantity without worrying much about recovery.