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10 Pfennig - Kirchheim unter Teck
| Issuer | Kirchheim unter Teck, City of |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse description | A beaded inner circle frames the central municipal coat of arms of Kirchheim unter Teck, depicting a crest incorporating floral elements and antlers. A circular legend in Latin script runs between the beaded circle and the outer pearl rim. Cross-shaped stops punctuate the legend at either side. The overall design is consistent with the utilitarian Notgeld aesthetic of the World War I era. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Kirchheim unter Teck issued this iron notgeld piece in 1918 as wartime metal shortages rendered regular coinage effectively impossible to maintain in circulation. By that point, nickel and copper had been requisitioned for munitions production for years, and hundreds of German municipalities were printing or striking their own emergency money to keep local commerce functional. Iron was the last practical option — cheap, available, and deeply unpopular with the public, who associated it with poverty and wartime austerity.
The Funck reference places this among the documented municipal iron issues, though survival rates for circulated iron notgeld are uneven due to corrosion.