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10 Pfennig - Unter-Kreuzberg Vincenz Lenz Gastwirt and Handlung
| Issuer | Vincenz Lenz Gastwirt & Handlung, Unter-Kreuzberg |
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| Thickness | 1.1 mm |
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| Reverse description | A continuous pearl border frames the outer rim, within which the circular legend KLEINGELDERSATZMARKE runs along the upper periphery. An inner rope-twist circle encloses the large numeral 10 prominently centered in the field, denoting the token's denomination. Three five-pointed stars are evenly spaced in the lower exergual area between the rope border and the pearl rim. |
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| Mintage | ND |
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Vincenz Lenz operated as both an innkeeper (*Gastwirt*) and a general trader (*Handlung*) in Unter-Kreuzberg, a pattern common to rural Bavarian commerce where a single proprietor anchored an entire village's economic activity. This iron token belongs to the Notgeld issues that proliferated across Germany during and after World War I, when acute coin shortages forced local businesses and municipalities to produce their own emergency small change. Iron was the material of necessity — copper and nickel had been requisitioned for the war effort long before most of these pieces were struck.