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1 Pfennig - Schönwald
| Issuer | Schönwald, Municipality of |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Weight | 1.6 g |
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| Obverse description | The large numeral '1' dominates the central field, representing the denomination. A continuous circular legend surrounds the numeral, reading 'GEMEINDE SCHOENWALD 1918' along the upper arc and '★ KRIEGSGELD ★' along the lower arc, with small six-pointed star separators flanking the lower inscription. The design is rendered in plain relief with no additional ornamentation in the field. |
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| Reverse description | A finely detailed forest scene occupies the central field, depicting two tall coniferous pine trees rising symmetrically from a naturalistic grassy ground. Two mushrooms with broad caps are rendered in relief at the base between the trees, referencing the Black Forest region associated with Schönwald. The entire design is enclosed within a prominent continuous pearl border running along the inner rim, with no additional legend or inscription on this side. |
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Schönwald is a small porcelain-manufacturing town in the Black Forest, and this iron notgeld pfennig was issued in 1918 when the wartime requisitioning of copper and brass had effectively ended normal small-denomination coinage in Germany. Municipalities, businesses, and even individual factories across the Reich filled the gap with locally issued emergency money, iron being one of the few metals not yet fully consumed by the war economy.
The Funck reference places this among the better-documented municipal iron issues of Baden.