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10 Pfennig - Oldisleben
| Issuer | Municipality of Oldisleben (Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach) |
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| Reference(s) | Funck#408.8, Men18#24966.9 |
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| Reverse description | Within a continuous inner pearl border, a nimbed ecclesiastical figure — likely a saint in liturgical vestments — stands facing forward at center, raising a chalice in the left hand and holding an open book in the right hand. To the lower left, a small lamb reclines beside a shepherd's crook, representing the Agnus Dei. To the lower right, a stylized church building with a steeple is depicted. The split date '15' and '75' flanks the central figure at mid-field, likely referencing a local anniversary year of 1575. A crosshatched decorative band runs along the lower register beneath the composition. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Oldisleben issued this zinc notgeld piece during the acute small-change shortage that gripped Germany from 1917 onward, when wartime metal requisitions stripped copper and nickel from civilian circulation entirely. Zinc was the municipality's only practical option — an unglamorous metal that corrodes readily, which explains why survivors in problem-free condition are harder to find than mintage figures alone would suggest.