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2 Pfennig - Berlin Manoli Kantine
| Issuer | Manoli Kantine |
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| Value | 2 Pfennigs (2 Pfennige) (0.02) |
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| Obverse description | Plain brass field bearing the large raised numeral '2' at centre, occupying most of the available space. A continuous circular legend reads 'WERT-MARKE' at the top and 'MANOLI KANTINE' at the bottom, separated by two six-pointed star ornaments on either side. The legend is set within a finely executed inner border of raised dots encircling the field, lending a neat, utilitarian appearance typical of canteen token issues of the early Weimar period. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Manoli was one of Berlin's major cigarette manufacturers in the early twentieth century, operating a factory canteen — Kantine — that issued its own brass tokens for use by workers making purchases on-site. These pieces circulated entirely within a closed economy: redeemable only at the canteen counter, worthless the moment an employee stepped outside. Factory token coinage of this kind was widespread in German industrial settings before the First World War, a practical response to the inconvenience of handling small Reich coinage in high-volume lunch-hour transactions.