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10 Pfennig - Buer in Westfalen
| Issuer | City of Buer in Westfalen |
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| Year | 1919 |
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| Thickness | 1.5 mm |
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| Obverse description | Central field bears the municipal coat of arms of Buer, depicting a vertically divided shield with a stylized tree or flowering plant in the upper half and crossed implements in the lower half, surmounted by a mural crown with three battlemented towers. The circular legend reads 'NOTGELD DER STADT BUER i.W.' around the periphery in raised Latin characters, with the inscription running from lower left to upper right. |
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| Reverse description | Large numeral '10' dominates the central field in bold relief, serving as the denomination indicator. The circular legend 'STADT BUER I.W. 1919' arcs along the upper periphery, while the word 'PFENNIG' is inscribed in a straight line along the lower portion of the field, completing the denomination and issuer identification in clear Latin characters. |
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Buer was an independent city in the Ruhrgebiet when this piece was issued — it would not be absorbed into the newly created city of Gelsenkirchen until 1928. The iron composition reflects the acute metal shortages of the immediate postwar period, when municipal authorities across Germany were authorized to issue their own emergency coinage, known as Notgeld, to compensate for the near-total disappearance of official small change from circulation.
The .5 suffix in all three catalog references indicates a recognized die variety within the type.