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10 Pfennig - Sömmerda Dreyse and Collenbusch
| Issuer | Dreyse & Collenbusch, Sömmerda |
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| Value | 10 Pfennigs (10 Pfennige) (0.10) |
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| Reverse description | The numeral '10' occupies the center of the field within a beaded inner circle. The circular legend 'KLEINGELDERSATZMARKE' (small change substitute token) arcs around the upper periphery, while three six-pointed stars are evenly spaced along the lower portion of the annulus, all framed by an outer beaded border conforming to the octagonal shape. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Dreyse & Collenbusch was the Sömmerda armaments firm built on the reputation of Johann Nikolaus von Dreyse, inventor of the needle gun — the bolt-action rifle that gave Prussian infantry a decisive edge at Königgrätz in 1866. By the time this zinc notgeld token was issued, the company had long since pivoted toward peacetime manufacture, but the Dreyse name still carried considerable industrial weight in Thuringia. Zinc was the material of necessity; wartime and postwar metal shortages made anything else impractical for small-denomination emergency issues.