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10 Pfennig - Schwabach Ph. Benj Ribot KGL. Bayer. Hofseifenfabrik
| Issuer | Ph. Benj. Ribot, Königlich Bayerische Hofseifenfabrik, Schwabach |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse description | Octagonal zinc notgeld token with a continuous pearl border following the eight-sided periphery. A circular rope or beaded inner ring frames the central field, within which the large numeral '10' is prominently raised in the center. The outer annulus between the pearl border and the rope ring carries the issuer's legend in raised Latin capitals, reading 'PH. BENJ. RIBOT' across the top and 'SCHWABACH' at the base, flanked on the left by 'KGL.' and on the right by 'BAYER. HOFSEIFENFABRIK', with small five-pointed stars serving as separators. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Private token coinage issued by commercial firms was not uncommon in nineteenth-century Bavaria, but a soap manufacturer holding the designation *Königlich Bayerische Hofseifenfabrik* — Royal Bavarian Court Soap Factory — carried genuine royal warrant, not merely a marketing title. The Ribot firm in Schwabach used zinc tokens like this one as shop currency, redeemable against purchases, a practice that sidestepped the chronic small-change shortages afflicting provincial German commerce well into the imperial period.