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10 Pfennig - Blankenstein
| Issuer | Blankenstein (Reuss), Municipality of |
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| Type | Emergency coin |
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| Obverse description | The obverse field is dominated by the large bold numeral '10' at center, set within a circular legend reading 'GEMEINDE' above and 'BLANKENSTEIN' below, flanked by two five-pointed stars at the sides. Below the central numeral, a small cogwheel or gear device serves as a decorative and symbolic motif, referencing local industry. The entire design is contained within a beaded border running along the coin's rim. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents the large numeral '10' prominently at center, enclosed within a pearl or beaded inner circle. The circular legend 'KLEINGELDERSATZMARKE' ('small change substitute token') runs along the outer field. Three five-pointed stars are arranged in a row at the lower portion of the field between the inner pearl circle and the beaded rim. The overall design is plain and functional, consistent with the utilitarian character of German Notgeld emergency coinage of the early 1920s. |
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Blankenstein was a small town in the Principality of Reuss, and this iron piece belongs to the vast wave of German municipal notgeld issued during the acute metal shortages of World War I. Iron was pressed into service precisely because copper, nickel, and zinc had been commandeered for the war effort. Most of these municipal issues circulated only within their issuing town and were redeemed — or simply abandoned — once the emergency passed.
The Funck reference places this among the catalogued Kleingeldersatz issues, a category that occupied German collectors almost immediately after the war ended.