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10 Pfennig - Orb Pfeil Bad Orb
| Issuer | Pfeil, Bad Orb (private issuer, notgeld) |
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| Diameter | 20.3 mm |
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| Reverse description | The large numeral '10' dominates the entire central field in bold raised figures, denoting the denomination of ten Pfennig. The field is otherwise plain, framed by a continuous beaded or pearl border running along the inner edge of the rim. The design is deliberately simple, consistent with the functional aesthetic of emergency coinage produced during the German inflationary period. |
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| Reverse lettering | 10 |
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Bad Orb is a spa town in the Spessart region of Hesse, and like hundreds of German municipalities and private businesses, it turned to locally issued notgeld when small-denomination coinage effectively vanished from circulation during World War I. Zinc was the fallback material once copper and nickel were redirected to the war effort. Private issuers — hotels, spas, merchants — filled the gap the imperial monetary system could no longer cover.