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10 Pfennigs - Bamberg Spinnerei
| Issuer | Spinnerei Bamberg (Bamberg Spinning Mill) |
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| Year | 1917 |
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| Diameter | 20.8 mm |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Octagonal reverse featuring a beaded outer border following the eight-sided periphery, within which the circular legend KLEINGELDERSATZMARKE (small change substitute token) runs along the upper and lateral arc in raised Latin letters, punctuated by three small stars at intervals. An inner ring of rope-style or beaded ornament frames the central field. The large numeral 10, denoting the denomination in Pfennig, is prominently struck in the center of the field. Three additional small star ornaments are distributed in the lower field outside the inner ring. |
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Bamberg's spinning mill issued this zinc notgeld in 1917 as Germany's wartime metal requisitions gutted the coin supply. Zinc was itself a compromise — copper and nickel had long since been redirected to shell casings and military hardware. Factory-issued scrip of this type circulated almost exclusively within the issuing plant's workforce, redeemable at the company canteen or against wages, which is why survivor populations cluster in either mint-state hoards or heavily worn examples with almost nothing in between.