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10 Pfennig - Nüssau Securitas
| Issuer | Municipality of Nüssau |
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| Diameter | 20.8 mm |
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| Reverse description | Plain flat field with a beaded inner border following the octagonal shape of the coin. The reverse is entirely devoid of design, lettering, or mint marks, presenting a blank surface consistent with many wartime and post-war German notgeld issues. Light die flow lines and surface aging are visible across the field. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Nüssau was one of hundreds of small German municipalities that issued zinc notgeld during the severe metal shortages of World War I, when copper and nickel were requisitioned for the war effort. Municipal issues of this kind were typically authorized locally and circulated only within the issuing community, making survival rates unpredictable — some saturated the market, others vanished almost entirely.
The "Securitas" designation in the catalog reference likely distinguishes this die variety from a companion issue, suggesting at least two distinct types were struck for Nüssau.