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10 Pfennig - Aibling
| Issuer | Aibling, District of |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Reverse description | The central field features the heraldic coat of arms of Aibling, depicting a shield charged with a mounted knight or armorial figure, surmounted by a decorative crest with foliate mantling. The shield is set in high relief within the plain field. Surrounding the arms, the circular legend 'GILTIG BIS 6 MONATE NACH FRIEDENSSCHLUSS' (valid until 6 months after the conclusion of peace) runs along the inner edge of the beaded border, with a small five-pointed star serving as a punctuation stop at the base. The pearl rim frames the entire design. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Aibling's iron notgeld coinage dates to the early 1920s, when the chronic shortage of small-denomination Reichsmark coinage forced hundreds of German municipalities to issue their own emergency money. The district of Aibling — a spa town in Upper Bavaria — was among the smaller issuers, which kept production volumes low and left these pieces genuinely scarce in any condition. Iron was the practical choice: aluminum had been hoarded, copper was politically fraught after wartime requisitions, and zinc corroded badly in circulation.
The Funck and Menzel reference numbers indicate this is a catalogued variety, with Men18#289.3 reflecting the updated Menzel corpus revision.