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10 Pfennigs - Lehesten Herzogl. Schieferbrüche
| Issuer | Herzogl. Schieferbrüche Lehesten (Ducal Slate Quarries Lehesten) |
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| Reference(s) | Men18#18205.2 , Hasselmann#544.3 |
| Obverse description | A beaded border frames the design throughout. The crowned arms of Saxe-Meiningen, depicted as a quartered shield surmounted by a ducal crown, occupy the central field. A circular legend reading HERZOGL. SCHIEFERBRÜCHE arcs across the upper portion of the coin, while LEHESTEN appears in the lower segment, separated from the upper legend by small five-pointed stars at each side. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Lehesten, in the Thuringian Forest, was the site of the ducal slate quarries operated under the Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen, and this zinc notgeld piece was issued directly by the quarry administration to pay workers in a company-controlled economy. Mine and quarry scrip of this type circulated exclusively at the quarry-operated canteen and company store, binding wages to the issuer's own commercial infrastructure. Zinc was the practical choice during wartime metal shortages, though it corrodes aggressively in humid conditions — unsurprising given the quarry environment in which these tokens circulated.