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10 Pfennigs - Berlin Kantine Garbáty
| Issuer | Kantine Garbáty |
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| Year | 1917-1918 |
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| Diameter | 20.1 mm |
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| Reverse description | Plain brass field dominated by the large bold numeral '10' occupying the upper two-thirds of the design. Below the numeral, the name 'GARBÁTY' is inscribed in an arc of bold serif capitals along the lower portion of the field. The entire design is enclosed within a continuous beaded border following the coin's circumference, with no additional ornament or imagery present. |
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| Reverse lettering | 10 GARBÁTY |
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Garbáty was a major Berlin cigarette manufacturer — Joseph Garbáty had built the business from a small operation in the 1890s into one of Germany's significant tobacco enterprises by the time the war created the coin shortage that prompted this token. With Kleinmünzen effectively disappearing from circulation after 1916, large employers across Germany issued their own canteen tokens to keep internal commerce functioning. This piece served the factory's on-site workers during the worst of the wartime metal and currency disruptions.