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10 Pfennig - Kirchenlamitz
| Issuer | Kirchenlamitz, City of |
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| Year | 1917 |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Reverse description | The large numeral 10 dominates the central field, denoting the denomination. The curved legend KRIEGS-NOTMÜNZE arcs across the upper portion of the field, identifying the piece as a wartime emergency coin. The date 1917 appears in the lower field, flanked by two five-pointed star stops. The design is plain and utilitarian, consistent with the austerity of World War I notgeld issues. |
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| Reverse lettering | KRIEGS-NOTMÜNZE 10 ★ 1917 ★ |
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Kirchenlamitz is a small town in Upper Franconia, and this zinc piece is a product of Germany's acute metal shortage of 1917 — by that point, copper and nickel had been systematically redirected to military production, forcing hundreds of German municipalities to issue their own emergency coinage. The Reich authorized local Notgeld programs rather than let commerce stall entirely, but left towns largely to their own devices regarding design and production contracts.
Zinc was itself a compromise material, prone to corrosion and difficult to strike cleanly at low thicknesses.