10 Pfennig - Lank

Lank am Rhein is a small Rhine village now absorbed into Meerbusch, and its municipal notgeld was issued during the acute coin shortages of 1917–1918, when the German imperial government had already stripped copper and nickel from circulation for war production. Zinc was the fallback material for dozens of municipalities scrambling to keep small transactions functional. The Funck reference distinguishes at least two die varieties for this type, suggesting more than one production run — unusual for a settlement of Lank's modest size.