10 Pfennigs - Dresden Cigarettenfabrik Yenidze

Yenidze was the tobacco company behind one of Dresden's most eccentric landmarks — a cigarette factory built in 1909 to resemble a mosque, complete with a dome and minaret smokestack, designed to market its Ottoman-style blends to German consumers. During the First World War, acute coin shortages prompted thousands of German municipalities, companies, and utilities to issue their own emergency coinage, or Notgeld. This zinc piece is one such issue, circulating locally as a substitute for official currency when the Imperial mint could not keep pace with wartime metal and production demands.