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10 Pfennig - München Karl Dürrwanger
| Issuer | Karl Dürrwanger, München |
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| Thickness | 1.1 mm |
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| Obverse description | Outer pearl border follows the octagonal flan, enclosing a circular legend reading KARL DÜRRWANGER above and MÜNCHEN below, flanked by two five-pointed stars serving as separators. Within the legend, a rope-twist inner border frames the central field, in which the large numeral 10 is incused in bold relief, denoting the denomination. |
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| Obverse lettering | KARL DÜRRWANGER 10 ★ MÜNCHEN ★ |
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Karl Dürrwanger was a Munich-based merchant or tradesman who issued notgeld during the acute small-change shortages of the early Weimar period, when municipal and private emergency coinage briefly filled the gap left by hoarded Imperial-era coins. Zinc was the material of necessity — copper and nickel had been requisitioned for the war effort years earlier, and zinc tokens were cheap enough to produce in small quantities without official mint facilities.
The Menzel catalog reference places this among documented private issues, though Dürrwanger himself remains obscure beyond the token record.