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2 Pfennig - Mönchengladbach Gebrüder Meer
| Issuer | Gebrüder Meer, Mönchengladbach |
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| Type | Emergency coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Octagonal reverse sharing the same outer pearl border as the obverse. An inner twisted-rope or cable circle encloses the central field bearing the large bold numeral '2' in relief. The circular legend 'KLEINGELDERSATZMARKE' — meaning 'small change substitute token' — occupies the annular band, with three six-pointed stars evenly spaced along the lower arc serving as decorative separators. |
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Gebrüder Meer was one of the major textile manufacturing firms in the lower Rhine region, and like many large industrial employers in Wilhelmine Germany, it issued its own token coinage to manage wages and company-store transactions within its workforce. These Werksgeld pieces circulated exclusively within the factory's closed economic system — redeemable at the company canteen or commissary, and worthless outside the gates.
Zinc was the practical choice for low-denomination industrial tokens; cheap, easy to strike, and sufficiently distinct from official coinage to satisfy legal requirements.