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1 Pfennig - Landsberg an der Warthe
| Issuer | Magistrat der Stadt Landsberg an der Warthe |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse description | Outer pearl border encircles the entire field, with a circular legend reading MAGISTRAT DER STADT LANDSBERG A/W. interrupted by a single bullet stop, running between the border and an inner dotted circle. Within the central field, the large numeral 1 is prominently raised in plain relief, denoting the denomination of one Pfennig. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Landsberg an der Warthe — now Gorzów Wielkopolski in western Poland — issued zinc notgeld pfennigs during the acute metal shortages of World War I, when copper and nickel were requisitioned for war production. Municipal authorities across Germany and occupied territories stepped in to fill the resulting coinage vacuum, producing locally authorized emergency pieces of wildly varying quality and survival rates. Zinc was the compromise material: abundant, workable, but prone to corrosion, which accounts for the scarcity of problem-free survivors from this specific issue.