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5 Pfennig - Grafenwöhr Arbeiterkompagnie
| Issuer | Arbeiterkompagnie Grafenwöhr |
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| Type | Emergency coin |
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| Obverse lettering | ARBEITERKOMPAGNIE 5 ✶ GRAFENWÖHR ✶ |
| Reverse description | Octagonal zinc notgeld token with a continuous pearl border following the eight-sided periphery. The circular legend 'KLEINGELDERSATZMARKE' (small change substitute token) arcs around the upper and lateral fields. An inner twisted rope or cable circle separates the legend from the central field, which bears the large numeral '5' denoting the denomination. Three small six-pointed star ornaments are positioned at the base of the legend within the lower field, below the inner rope border. |
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Grafenwöhr was established as a Bavarian military training ground in 1907, and labor units stationed there during and after the First World War were frequently paid in camp-specific scrip rather than Reichsmarks — a practical measure to keep wages circulating within the garrison economy rather than bleeding out into nearby civilian markets. The Arbeiterkompagnie, a military labor company, issued these zinc tokens as functional wage substitutes for men whose cash transactions were intentionally confined to the camp canteen and commissary.
Zinc was the material of necessity by this period, copper and nickel having been swallowed by wartime metal requisitions.