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10 Pfennigs - Wapienno Michael Lewy & Co
| Issuer | Michael Lewy & Co (Kalkbruch Wapienno) |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse description | Octagonal zinc token with a continuous pearl border following the eight-sided periphery. A circular pearl ring within the border frames the central field, within which the large numeral '10' appears in bold raised relief, denoting the denomination. The surrounding legend, reading '* KALKBRUCH WAPIENNO * MICHAEL LEWY & Co', curves around the pearl ring, identifying the issuing limestone quarry firm of Wapienno. |
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| Reverse description | Octagonal reverse with a continuous pearl border following the eight-sided periphery. A twisted rope circle frames the central field, within which the large numeral '10' is rendered in bold raised relief. The legend 'KLEINGELDERSATZMARKE', identifying the piece as a small-change substitute token, curves around the upper portion of the rope circle, while three six-pointed stars appear at the lower periphery as decorative stops. |
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Wapienno was a limestone quarrying operation in the Bromberg district of West Prussia, an area that changed hands between Germany and Poland repeatedly across the early twentieth century. Industrial scrip of this type was issued by quarry and factory owners to pay workers in company currency, redeemable only at the company store — a practice that effectively tied wages to employer-controlled goods prices. Michael Lewy & Co issued in zinc almost certainly because wartime or postwar metal shortages made brass impractical.
The Hasselmann reference places this firmly within the documented corpus of West Prussian industrial notgeld.