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| Emittent | Magistrat der Stadt Lichtenfels |
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| Material | Iron |
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| Aversbeschreibung | The octagonal iron notgeld token features the crowned municipal coat of arms of Lichtenfels at center, depicting a fortified castle or tower motif on the shield, flanked by decorative supporters and surmounted by a mural crown. The arms are enclosed within a raised inner circle bordered by a continuous beaded ring. The circular legend MAGISTRAT DER STADT LICHTENFELS curves around the periphery, with a small floral ornament at the base. The flat field and crisp relief are characteristic of struck emergency coinage of the World War I era. |
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| Averslegende | MAGISTRAT DER STADT LICHTENFELS * |
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| Zusätzliche Informationen |
Lichtenfels issued iron notgeld coinage during the material shortages of World War I, when copper and nickel were requisitioned for the war economy and municipalities across Germany were left to improvise small-denomination coinage from whatever metals remained available. Iron was the default solution for hundreds of small Bavarian towns, and Lichtenfels was no exception — a minor administrative center on the Main river with no particular minting tradition of its own.
The Funck reference places this among the documented municipal issues, though iron notgeld from small Franconian towns survives in wildly uneven quantities depending on how thoroughly local hoards were dispersed.