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Gas meter token (Poznań)
Category Gas meters
Subcategory Tokens
Year of manufacture/creation early 20th century
Manufacturer/author Poznań Gasworks
Place of manufacture/creation Poznań, then Germany
Size
Diameter: varied, approximately 2.12 cm
Weight: 2,99 - 3,46 g
Material zinc
Museum/Storage location Gasworks Museum in Paczków
Date of admission to the museum 1992
Rights to the exhibit Gasworks Museum in Paczków
Rights to digital images public domain
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Exhibit description
At that time, automated gas meters were commonplace in Polish homes. In the part of Poland previously annexed by the Kingdom of Prussia, the tokens featured words in the German language. The gasworks in Grudziądz, which was the first to issue tokens in Polish, was an exception.
