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10 Pfennig - Wüstewaltersdorf Websky, Hartmann and Wiesen
| Issuer | Websky, Hartmann & Wiesen (Wüstewaltersdorf) |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Composition | Zinc |
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| Obverse description | Octagonal zinc notgeld token with a beaded border encircling the entire face. Within the border, the issuer's legend reads WEBSKY, HARTMANN & WIESEN along the upper arc and WÜSTEWALTERSDORF along the lower arc, each segment flanked by a six-pointed star. A secondary inner beaded ring frames the central field, which bears the large numeral 10 in bold relief, denoting the denomination of ten Pfennig. |
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| Reverse lettering | KLEINGELDERSATZMARKE 10 ★ ★ ★ |
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Wüstewaltersdorf, a weaving town in Silesia, was home to Websky, Hartmann & Wiesen, one of the region's significant textile manufacturers. Like hundreds of German industrial firms in 1918, the company issued its own emergency coinage — Notgeld — as the imperial monetary system buckled under war strain and small-denomination metal coins vanished from circulation, hoarded or melted. Zinc was the material of necessity by that point; copper and nickel had long since been redirected to the war effort.