Catalog
1 Pfennig - Halberstadt
| Issuer | Landkreis Halberstadt |
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| Value | 1 Pfennig (0.01) |
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| Obverse description | Outer pearl border encircles the design field. The legend LANDKREIS-HALBERSTADT runs along the periphery, flanked at the base by two six-pointed star ornaments. An inner beaded circle frames the central denomination numeral '1', rendered in large raised figures within a raised circular border, creating a concentric ring composition typical of German notgeld coinage. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Halberstadt notgeld coinage emerged from the acute metal shortages of World War I, when the German imperial government progressively requisitioned copper and other non-ferrous metals for munitions production. Municipal and district authorities across Germany were left to issue their own emergency iron pieces to keep small-denomination commerce functional. The Landkreis — the rural district surrounding the city proper — issued independently of the city itself, which accounts for the distinct cataloguing under Funck 185.2 rather than the better-known urban Halberstadt types.