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10 Pfennig - Bergzabern
| Issuer | Stadtgemeinde Bergzabern |
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| Year | 1917 |
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| Value | 10 Pfennigs (10 Pfennige) (0.10) |
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| Obverse description | Central field features the municipal coat of arms of Bergzabern, depicting a heraldic lion passant above a chevron on a shield. The shield is rendered in low relief against a plain field. The circular legend STADTGEMEINDE arcs across the upper periphery, and BERGZABERN arcs across the lower periphery, both flanked by six-pointed star separators. The coin's rim is defined by a continuous beaded border. |
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| Obverse lettering | STADTGEMEINDE ✶ BERGZABERN ✶ |
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Bergzabern's iron notgeld emerged from the same wartime metal requisitions that stripped German municipalities of their copper and nickel coinage — by 1917, the Imperial government had commandeered non-ferrous metals so aggressively that towns across the Palatinate were left to strike emergency issues from whatever ferrous scrap the local economy could spare. The .5 suffix in the Funck and Mehl references indicates a die variety, suggesting more than one reverse or obverse pairing was documented for this type.