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10 Pfennig - Ehingen
| Issuer | Ehingen an der Donau, City of |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse description | A dentilated outer border frames the entire design, with the circular legend reading 'STADTGEMEINDE EHINGEN' separated by two six-pointed stars, with the date '1918' appearing in the lower field below the central device. The central device consists of the municipal coat of arms of Ehingen — a heraldic shield bearing diagonal barry-bendy lines surmounted by a mural crown — enclosed within a plain raised circle. The overall composition is typical of German Notgeld issues of the World War I era, with a utilitarian but clearly articulated civic design. |
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| Reverse lettering | KLEIN-GELD-ERSATZ 10 ★★★ |
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Ehingen an der Donau issued this notgeld piece in 1918 as the German imperial economy buckled under wartime metal requisitions. Copper and nickel had long been stripped from circulation for munitions production, forcing hundreds of municipalities to print or strike their own emergency currency. Zinc was among the few metals still available for small-denomination coinage, though it corrodes readily — survivors in clean condition are consistently harder to find than the mintage figures suggest.