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10 Pfennig - Nürnberg A. Herbst and M. Ostertag Baugeschäft
| Issuer | A. Herbst & M. Ostertag Baugeschäft, Nürnberg |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse description | Octagonal zinc notgeld token with a pierced hole near the upper-left facet. A pearl border runs along the outer rim, inside which the circular legend reads 'A. HERBST & M. OSTERTAG BAUGESCHÄFT' flanking the issuing city name 'NÜRNBERG', separated by six-pointed star ornaments. The large numeral '10' is prominently displayed in the central field, enclosed within an inner pearl or dotted border ring. The overall design is utilitarian in character, consistent with wartime small-change emergency coinage. |
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| Reverse lettering | KLEINGELDERSATZMARKE 10 ★ ★ ★ |
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German private firms issued emergency coinage — Privatnotgeld — during the acute small-change shortages of 1917–1921, when zinc and iron had largely displaced copper and nickel for state issues, and even those were hoarded. A construction firm (Baugeschäft) issuing its own scrip is unusual; most private notgeld came from retailers and employers paying wages in fractional tokens redeemable at company premises. Herbst and Ostertag presumably circulated these among workers or local suppliers in lieu of scarce Reichsmünzen.