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5 Pfennigs - Euskirchen Kantine W. Schunicht
| Issuer | Kantine W. Schunicht, Euskirchen |
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| Value | 5 Pfennigs (5 Pfennige) (0.05) |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
| Reverse lettering | KLEINGELDERSATZMARKE * * * |
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Canteen tokens of this type were issued by private employers in Imperial and Weimar-era Germany to control on-site spending — workers received tokens as part of wage arrangements, redeemable only at the company canteen, effectively tying a portion of earnings to a captive vendor. Schunicht's Euskirchen operation was modest enough that surviving pieces are genuinely scarce; the Hasselmann corpus documents only a handful of confirmed examples.
Zinc was the material of necessity for small-denomination canteen issues, particularly after wartime metal restrictions made brass and copper impractical.