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10 Pfennig - Sprendlingen Chr. Strunck and Sohn
| Issuer | Chr. Strunck & Sohn (Sprendlingen) |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse displays the large numeral '10' centrally positioned within the field, enclosed by an inner rope or cable-style circle. The legend 'KLEINGELDERSA TZMARKE' — meaning 'small change substitute token' — curves around the upper and sides of the field between the inner rope border and the outer beaded rim. Three five-pointed stars are evenly spaced along the lower portion of the field beneath the inner border, at roughly the 4, 6, and 8 o'clock positions. The outer rim is defined by a continuous beaded border consistent with the obverse. |
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Chr. Strunck & Sohn was a tannery in Sprendlingen (now part of Dreieich, Hesse), one of hundreds of German firms that issued private iron or zinc notgeld tokens during World War I when the imperial government's coin metal was redirected to the war effort and small change evaporated from circulation almost entirely. These factory-issued pieces functioned as wage tokens or canteen currency, redeemable only within the issuing firm's premises — a closed economy within a collapsing one. The Menzel catalog cross-references two die variants for this type.