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1 Pfennig - Rottweil
| Issuer | Stadtgemeinde Rottweil |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse description | Large numeral '1' prominently centered in the field, with the denomination PFENNIG inscribed in a straight line immediately below. A circular legend reading STADTGEMEINDE surrounds the upper portion of the field, while ROTTWEIL occupies the lower arc, the two separated by five-pointed stars serving as dividers. The overall design is plain and utilitarian, typical of German notgeld emergency coinage of the early Weimar period. |
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| Reverse description | A horizontal deer antler rack, rendered in low relief, occupies the center of the field, displaying five tines rising from a single beam — serving as the heraldic symbol of Rottweil. The legend NOTGELD curves along the upper arc above the antler device, while the date 1920 is inscribed in the lower field beneath it. The composition is spare and heraldic in character, consistent with municipal notgeld issues of the period. |
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Rottweil's 1920 Pfennig notgeld was a direct consequence of the postwar metal shortage that gutted Germany's small-denomination coinage supply. Municipal authorities across Württemberg issued emergency iron pieces independently because the Reichsbank simply could not keep low-value coins in circulation — raw material scarcity and the economic dislocation of 1919–1920 had seen copper and bronze largely diverted or hoarded.
Rottweil, one of the oldest towns in Baden-Württemberg, issued under its own Stadtgemeinde authority rather than through any regional coordination. The Funck reference places this among the more precisely catalogued Württemberg municipal iron issues.