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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 1152696, member: 39&quot;]By the way, I just had a look at that Wikipedia article again; they actually charged a 2 Pfennig bridge toll at that time. The piece is not a toll token however but, as mentioned before, local notgeld.</p><p><br /></p><p>There is an interesting story &quot;behind&quot; that bridge; has nothing to do with the 10 Pf piece but still amusing. When that first bridge was to be built, Bonn had to finance it because the place on the other bank of the river (Vilich/Beuel, today parts of Bonn) did not want to contribute first. That changed later - but the Bonners were quick to add a small sculpture, the so-called &quot;Brückenmännchen&quot;. People who would walk across the bridge from Beuel to Bonn were greeted by the &quot;derrière&quot; of the little guy. <a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brückenmännchen_(Bonn)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brückenmännchen_(Bonn)" rel="nofollow">http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brückenmännchen_(Bonn)</a> <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie7" alt=":p" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>You can still see it today: After WW2 the sculpture became part of the new bridge (Kennedy-Brücke) that crosses the Rhine at that place ...</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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