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10 Pfennig - Alzey
| Issuer | Alzey, City of |
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| Year | 1917 |
| Type | Emergency coin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse features the large denomination numeral 10 prominently displayed in the centre field, accompanied by the abbreviation Pf (Pfennig) to the lower right of the figure. The arc legend KRIEGSMÜNZE (war coin) curves along the upper periphery in raised Latin capitals within a beaded border that follows the octagonal outline of the flan. Three small six-pointed stars are evenly spaced along the lower field below the numeral, serving as decorative separators. The overall design is bold and utilitarian, consistent with wartime notgeld coinage practice. |
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| Mintage | 1917 - F#14.1 - 30,000 1917 - F#14.1a) Reverse: downstroke of `1` begins at the leg of `K` - 1917 - F#14.1b) downstroke of `1` begins at the stem of `R` - |
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Alzey issued this zinc notgeld piece in 1917 as German municipal authorities scrambled to fill a void left by the near-total disappearance of copper and nickel coinage — both metals requisitioned for war production. Small-denomination coins had effectively vanished from everyday commerce by mid-war, forcing hundreds of German towns to issue their own emergency currency independently of the Reichsbank.
The Funck reference catalogues multiple die varieties for this type; the .1 suffix here indicates the primary emission rather than a subsequent restrike.