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10 Pfennig - Stettin Rudolph Karstadt
| Issuer | Rudolph Karstadt (department store), Stettin |
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| Weight | 2.0 g |
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| Obverse description | An outer pearl border runs along the octagonal periphery, enclosing a circular rope border within the field. The numeral '10' appears prominently in large raised characters at the centre of the rope circle. The legend 'RUDOLPH KARSTADT' arcs across the upper field and 'STETTIN' across the lower field between the pearl border and the rope circle, each separated by a five-pointed star at either side. |
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| Reverse description | An outer pearl border follows the octagonal shape of the token, within which a circular rope border encloses the numeral '10' in large raised characters at the centre of the field. The circular legend 'KLEINGELDERSATZMARKE' arcs around the upper portion of the field between the pearl and rope borders, with three five-pointed stars spaced in the lower portion of the same annular zone. |
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Karstadt's Stettin branch issued this zinc token during the Weimar-era notgeld period, when acute small-change shortages forced private businesses — including major retailers — to mint their own subsidiary currency. Karstadt, by then expanding aggressively into a nationwide department store chain, had both the institutional credibility and the customer volume to make such tokens circulate reliably within its own premises. Zinc was the pragmatic choice: cheap, available, and sufficiently distinct from official coinage to avoid legal complications.