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1 Pfennig - Hersfeld
| Issuer | Stadt Hersfeld (City of Hersfeld) |
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| Year | 1919 |
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| Value | 1 Pfennig (0.01) |
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| Reverse description | Octagonal flan with a continuous pearl border along the rim. A circular rope-twist inner border frames the central field, within which the large numeral '1' appears in bold relief, denoting the denomination. The circumferential legend KLEINGELDERSATZMARKE runs around the outer field between the pearl rim and the rope circle. Below the rope circle, flanked by two six-pointed stars, the date 1919 is struck in the lower segment. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Hersfeld's 1919 iron Pfennig is a product of the postwar Kleingeldersatz crisis — the near-total disappearance of small change from German circulation as metal hoarding and wartime requisitions stripped the country of its coinage. Hundreds of German municipalities issued their own emergency money (Notgeld) to fill the gap, and Hersfeld was one of the smaller towns to do so in iron rather than the more common zinc or pressed cardboard.
Iron was a pragmatic but poor choice: the metal corrodes aggressively, and surviving examples in anything above Fine are genuinely uncommon.