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10 Pfennig - Germersheim
| Issuer | Germersheim, City of |
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| Year | 1917 |
| Type | Emergency coin |
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| Reverse description | An outer pearl border follows the octagonal periphery, enclosing a circular legend reading KLEINGELDERSATZMARKE. Within, a rope circle frames the large numeral '10' prominently displayed in the central field, denoting the denomination. Three six-pointed stars are arranged in a triangular grouping in the lower portion of the exergual area, between the rope circle and the outer legend. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Germersheim's 1917 iron notgeld issue belongs to the first wave of municipal emergency coinage forced on German cities when the imperial government requisitioned copper and nickel for war production. The Bavarian Rhine city, better known for its 19th-century federal fortress, was among hundreds of municipalities left to solve the small-change shortage independently. Iron was the default fallback — abundant, cheap, and strategically undesirable enough that the military left it alone.
The Funck and Men18 references place this squarely within the documented series, with the .5 suffix indicating a specific die or edge variant within the type.