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| Issuer | Stadt Backnang (City of Backnang) |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Thickness | 1.3 mm |
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| Reverse description | The plain field displays the heraldic device of Backnang: three rows of stylized deer antlers (Hirschstangen) arranged horizontally one above the other, derived from the city's traditional coat of arms. The design is unlettered and enclosed within a continuous pearl border that follows the inner rim of the coin. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Backnang issued this notgeld piece in the closing months of World War I, when the Imperial German coinage system had essentially collapsed under the weight of wartime metal requisitioning. Iron replaced copper, nickel, and zinc in municipal emergency issues across Württemberg as the Reich stripped base metals for shell casings and military hardware. City administrations were left to fill the small-denomination gap themselves.
The Funck and Menzel reference numbers indicate two recognized varieties for this type — a detail worth noting for specialists working the Württemberg notgeld series.