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10 Pfennig - Dortmund silver
| Issuer | City of Dortmund |
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| Year | 1917 |
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| Weight | 4.27 g |
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| Obverse description | Central field dominated by the heraldic shield of Dortmund, displaying a displayed eagle with spread wings set against a vertically striped background within a pointed shield outline. The shield is rendered in high relief with bold, stylized lines characteristic of early 20th-century German municipal coinage. Surrounding the shield, the circular legend reads '1917 STADT DORTMUND', with the date at the top and the city name distributed around the lower arc of the coin. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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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.