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10 Pfennig - Oberammergau
| Issuer | Oberammergau, Municipality of |
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| Year | 1917 |
| Type | Emergency coin |
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| Obverse description | Within a beaded border, a stylized mountain peak dominates the central field, surmounted by a cross at its apex and depicting a seated Madonna and Child figure on its face, representative of the famous Oberammergau Passion Play tradition. A decorative horizontal base element appears beneath the mountain. The circular legend arcs around the upper periphery, with the date 1917 inscribed in the lower field beneath the central motif. |
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| Reverse description | Within a beaded border, the large bold denomination numeral 10 occupies the central field in high relief. A circular legend surrounds the denomination, reading continuously around the periphery and indicating the coin's validity period as valid until six months after the conclusion of peace, a typical Notgeld redemption clause. A six-pointed star punctuates the legend at the base. |
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Oberammergau issued notgeld in 1917 as the German war economy stripped copper and other metals from civilian circulation. Iron was the compromise — cheap, available, and deeply unpopular with the public, who found it prone to rust and difficult to distinguish by touch. This village is far better known for its Passion Play, performed every decade since a 1633 vow made during a plague outbreak, but the war interrupted that tradition too: the 1920 performance was the first held after a gap caused by the conflict.