Catalog
10 Pfennig - Dortmund silver
| Issuer | City of Dortmund |
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| Year | 1917 |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Reverse description | Central design features the large numeral '10' set within an octagonal frame rendered in bold incuse and relief lines, conveying a modernist, geometric aesthetic typical of German Notgeld issues of World War I. The denomination indicator 'PFG' appears beneath the octagonal motif in the lower field. The surrounding circular legend reads 'KRIEGSGELD', the term for wartime emergency money, distributed around the upper arc of the coin. |
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| Reverse lettering | KRIEGSGELD 10 PFG |
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Dortmund's silver emergency coinage of 1917 was authorized as the wartime metal shortage gutted the normal supply of copper and nickel for small-denomination coins. Most German municipal notgeld of this period was struck in iron or zinc; the decision to use silver here was unusual and likely reflects Dortmund's access to civic treasury reserves rather than any official policy. The Funck 103.2A designation distinguishes this from related die varieties within the same municipal issue.