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1 Pfennig - Marburg an der Lahn
| Issuer | City of Marburg an der Lahn |
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| Year | 1917 |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse description | Plain field bearing the large numeral '1' at center, enclosed within a raised beaded inner circle. The circular legend 'STADT MARBURG' arcs across the upper portion of the coin, while 'PFENNIG' runs along the lower arc, both separated by small star ornaments. The entire design is bounded by an outer beaded border, characteristic of World War I German notgeld coinage. |
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| Reverse description | The field depicts a mounted knight in armour, shown in left-facing profile at a canter, carrying a shield charged with the Hessian lion — the heraldic emblem of Marburg. The legend 'KLEINGELDERSATZ' arcs along the upper periphery, and the date '1917' appears in the lower field, all within a plain beaded border. The equestrian motif references the traditional heraldry of the city and is rendered in low relief consistent with wartime emergency coinage production. |
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Marburg's iron Pfennig belongs to the wave of municipal notgeld forced on German cities when the Imperial government requisitioned copper and nickel for war production starting in 1916. Marburg an der Lahn — a university town on the Lahn river with no significant industrial base — had little leverage in securing metal allocations, so iron was the practical substitute. These city-issued pieces circulated locally as the central supply of small change collapsed under wartime pressure.
Iron strikes from this period corrode readily, making uncorroded survivors genuinely scarce despite high original mintages.