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1 Pfennig - Saarburg, Bezirk Trier
| Issuer | Kreis Saarburg (District of Saarburg), Regierungsbezirk Trier |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse description | An outer pearl border follows the octagonal flan, enclosing a circular pearl ring within which the municipal coat of arms of Saarburg is centrally depicted: a crenellated castle with three towers above wavy lines representing the Saar River, surmounted by a heraldic shield. The circular legend surrounding the inner pearl ring reads KREIS SAARBURG REG. BEZ. TRIER, separated by a six-pointed star at the base. The design is executed in low relief typical of Notgeld emergency coinage of the World War I era. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Kreis Saarburg issued this zinc Pfennig as emergency coinage — Notgeld — during the material shortages of World War I, when copper and other base metals were commandeered for military use. The German government's 1916 prohibition on copper coinage pushed municipal and district authorities across the Reich to produce their own small-denomination substitutes, and rural administrative districts like Saarburg were among the last-tier issuers, producing pieces in quantities rarely documented with any precision.
The two Menzel reference numbers suggest at least one catalogued die or edge variety exists between specimens.