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5 Pfennig - Frechen Wachtberg I, Wilhelma, Windling
| Issuer | Wachtberg I, Wilhelma, Windling (coal mines, Frechen) |
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| Value | 5 Pfennigs (5 Pfennige) (0.05) |
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| Obverse lettering | WACHTBERG I, WILHELMA, WINDLING 5 ★ IN FRECHEN ★ |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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These zinc tokens were issued by three linked brown coal operations in the Frechen district west of Cologne — Wachtberg I, Wilhelma, and Windling — during the First World War, when the German imperial government requisitioned copper and nickel for munitions production and forced countless industrial concerns to substitute zinc for their canteen and mine-truck scrip. The Menadier catalog numbers suggest two distinct cataloging periods recognized this type, implying reclassification rather than a variant issue.