Neisse — now Nysa in southwestern Poland — was a significant Silesian garrison and trade town whose wartime labor shortages prompted dozens of local employers to issue canteen tokens as substitute small change. The Bauhof designation indicates a municipal or commercial timber yard, and F. Müller's zinc issue almost certainly dates to the First World War period, when imperial coinage disappeared from circulation almost immediately after 1914 as copper and nickel were diverted to armaments production. Zinc was the material of last resort.
Neisse — now Nysa in southwestern Poland — was a significant Silesian garrison and trade town whose wartime labor shortages prompted dozens of local employers to issue canteen tokens as substitute small change. The Bauhof designation indicates a municipal or commercial timber yard, and F. Müller's zinc issue almost certainly dates to the First World War period, when imperial coinage disappeared from circulation almost immediately after 1914 as copper and nickel were diverted to armaments production. Zinc was the material of last resort.