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2 Pfennigs - Friedrichswerth Eduard Meyer
| Issuer | Eduard Meyer, Friedrichswerth |
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| Value | 2 Pfennigs (2 Pfennige) (0.02) |
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| Obverse description | Outer pearl border encircles the entire design. The issuer's name EDUARD MEYER and the place name FRIEDRICHSWERTH are arranged as a continuous circular legend in the annular field between the outer pearl rim and an inner beaded circle. Within the central beaded circle, the large numeral 2 is prominently displayed in the field, denoting the denomination. |
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| Obverse lettering | EDUARD MEYER 2 FRIEDRICHSWERTH |
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Eduard Meyer operated one of the smaller private token issues in Thuringia during the mid-to-late nineteenth century, when gaps in official small-change supply routinely drove German merchants and estate operators to commission their own zinc or copper pfennig pieces. Friedrichswerth itself was a minor locality — the token likely circulated within a tightly bounded estate or commercial context rather than any broader regional economy.
The Hasselmann reference places this among documented Thuringian private issues, but individual merchant tokens of this type saw limited production runs and almost no recorded mintage figures survive.