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10 Pfennigs - Chemnitz Sächsische Webstuhlfabrik Louis Schönherr
| Issuer | Sächsische Webstuhlfabrik Louis Schönherr, Chemnitz |
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| Diameter | 20.8 mm |
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| Obverse description | Octagonal zinc notgeld token with a continuous pearl border following all eight sides of the coin. The circular legend reads SAECHSISCHE WEBSTUHLFABRIK / S. LOUIS SCHÖNHERR / CHEMNITZ, arranged around the inner field. The large numeral '10', denoting the denomination in Pfennig, is prominently struck in the center of the field in bold raised lettering. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Sächsische Webstuhlfabrik Louis Schönherr was one of Saxony's principal loom manufacturers, and like hundreds of German industrial firms it resorted to issuing its own zinc notgeld during the acute small-change shortages of World War I and its aftermath. These factory tokens circulated internally — in canteens, company stores, and wage advances — precisely because the Reichsbank could not keep low-denomination coins in supply. Zinc was the material of necessity; copper and nickel had gone to the war effort.