10 Pfennig - Nüssau Securitas

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.