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10 Pfennig - Köslin
| Issuer | Magistrat Köslin (City of Köslin) |
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| Year | 1917 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse lettering | MAGISTRAT * KÖSLIN * |
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| Reverse lettering | KLEINGELDERSATZMARKE * * * |
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Köslin's 1917 zinc notgeld emerged from the same municipal scramble that hit hundreds of German cities that year, when wartime hoarding stripped small-denomination coinage from circulation almost entirely. The city — now Koszalin in northwestern Poland — issued under magistrate authority rather than waiting for central relief that was slow to arrive. Zinc was the compromise material: iron corroded too quickly in pocket wear, and anything with copper content was needed elsewhere for shell casings.