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10 Pfennigs - Lassan Carl Duden
| Issuer | Carl Duden, Lassan |
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| Year | 1919 |
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| Reference(s) | Men05#14341.6 , Men18#18017.6 , Hasselmann#541.4.1 |
| Obverse description | Octagonal zinc notgeld token with a beaded border following the coin's eight-sided periphery. The central field features the large numeral '10' denoting the denomination. A circular beaded inner border surrounds the central numeral, with two six-pointed stars flanking the lower arc. The legend 'CARL DUDEN' curves along the upper portion of the border, while 'LASSAN' is inscribed along the lower portion, identifying the issuing merchant and locality. |
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| Obverse lettering | CARL DUDEN 10 LASSAN |
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Carl Duden was a merchant in Lassan, a small Pomeranian port town on the Peene estuary, who issued this zinc notgeld piece during the acute coin shortage that followed Germany's defeat in 1918. Hoarding of metal coinage had stripped everyday commerce of its small change, forcing hundreds of private traders, municipalities, and local businesses to print or strike their own emergency currency. Duden was one of countless merchants who took that step out of practical necessity rather than civic ambition.
Zinc was the default material for struck notgeld of this period — iron and copper had been consumed by the war effort, and zinc was what remained available.