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| Issuer | Oberamtsbezirk Nagold |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Reference(s) | Funck#354.5, Men05#18216.1, Men18#22790.1 |
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| Reverse description | A stylized horizontal deer antler rack with five tines extends across the central field, serving as the heraldic symbol of the Nagold district. The legend 'NOTGELD' arcs along the upper periphery, while the date '1920' is inscribed in the lower field beneath the antler motif. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Nagold's 1920 Pfennig belongs to the vast wave of German municipal Notgeld — emergency coinage issued by local authorities, towns, and districts when the Reichsbank could no longer guarantee adequate small-denomination currency during the postwar economic chaos. The Oberamtsbezirk, an administrative district level unique to Württemberg, had the bureaucratic standing to authorize such issues. Iron was the practical choice: copper and nickel had been requisitioned for the war effort years earlier and remained scarce.
Funck catalogues this type under 354.5, suggesting multiple varieties were struck for the district.