Catalog
10 Pfennig - Arnsberg
| Issuer | City of Arnsberg |
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| Year | 1917 |
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| Thickness | 0.96 mm |
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| Reverse description | Within a beaded rim, the large bold numeral '10' dominates the central field, serving as the denomination. The circular legend 'KLEINGELDERSATZMARKE' runs along the periphery, interrupted at the base by a five-pointed star, identifying this token as a small-change substitute issue (Notgeld). |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Arnsberg's 1917 zinc notgeld belongs to the massive wave of municipal emergency coinage that flooded Germany after the imperial government requisitioned copper and nickel for war production. Zinc was the fallback — cheap, available, and deeply unpopular with the public, who found it prone to corrosion and difficult to distinguish by touch in low light. Arnsberg, a mid-sized Westphalian administrative center, was among hundreds of municipalities forced to shoulder currency issuance that had effectively been abandoned by the central authorities.
The Funck 19.2 designation indicates this is a recognized die variant within the Arnsberg series — distinct enough from 19.1 to warrant separate cataloging.