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1 Pfennig - Hohensalza
| Issuer | Hohensalza (Posen), District of |
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| Year | 1917 |
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| Value | 1 Pfennig (0.01) |
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| Reverse description | A pearl border defines the outer rim, enclosing a circular rope or twisted-cord inner ring that frames the central denomination. The numeral 1, denoting one Pfennig, is boldly rendered in the center of the rope circle. The legend KLEINGELDERSATZMARKE arcs along the upper periphery between the pearl border and the rope ring, with three five-pointed stars evenly spaced along the lower arc of the rope circle serving as decorative separators. The spare, utilitarian design is characteristic of World War I German district emergency coinage. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Hohensalza — the German name for what is now Inowrocław, Poland — was administered as part of the Prussian Province of Posen, a territory Germany had held since the partitions of Poland in the late eighteenth century. This notgeld piece was issued in 1917 as the imperial war economy stripped copper and other metals from civilian circulation, forcing municipalities across occupied and domestic territories to produce their own emergency coinage in whatever material remained available. Zinc was the default fallback for dozens of such district issues that year.