I have a rare coin... does anyone have info on this? I need help!

Here is what it says:
1918 Kleingelo Ersatzmarke 10 P.F.

The other side has a picture of the palm of a hand.
Reads: HALL KGL.WURTT.OBERAMTSSTADT

The shape of the coin is of an Octagon. I think my great uncle brought it back from Germany during World War I. I can't find any info on this coin and would appreciate if someone can tell me about it. Anyone know what it might be worth?

Thank you!!

 

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I don't know if this is any help, but, "Ersatzmarke" might tell you somthing.
The Mark is a German unit of currency.
Ersatz means fake in English, as well as in other languages. The English language has most of it's roots in the German language.
(Margarine is ersatz butter)

I'm hoping, though, that someone comes along and tells us that my guess doesn't apply to your coin.

 

i assume this is the coin you are referring to:

10 pfenning. Kulmbacher notgeld

Someone with a Krausse book can look this up for you. Sorry I do not have one handy.

 

Sounds like yours is from Hall in Wurttemberg, Germany. Here is a picture of one, and this one is selling for 5 euros, I believe in this condition. Yours would be worth more or less, depending on condition.

This picture is from http://www.ma-shops.com/krogoll/item.php5?id=11892&lang=en

 

Kasia, that is it! Thank you all for your quick response!

 

It is a piece of what is known as Notgeld or "emergency money" Toward the end of the first world war through about 1923, many cities, states, businesses, and even private citizens in Germany issued small denomination tokens to assist in local commerce. I collect the metal municipal issues. There are somewhere around 650 different issuing cities and states, each with anywhere from one to a dozen or so different coins. I still don't have one from each issuer, but I have over 2,100 different pieces. Prices can run from a few dollars each for most of the common ones up into the hundreds or even thousands for the very rare pieces. Denominations range from 1 pfennig up to the 1 billion Mark coins of Westphalia during the 1923 inflation period. Along with the metal, there are also notgeld pieces made in porcelain, cardboard, leather and even compressed powdered coal. Then there is also the paper notgeld which is a never ending collection with over 250,000 different varieites.