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10 Pfennig - Pforzheim
| Issuer | Pforzheim, City of |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The shield-shaped coat of arms of Pforzheim is depicted centrally in the field, featuring the traditional divided arms with a diagonal band and rectangular lower section. The legend 'KRIEGSNOTGELD' arcs around the upper periphery, flanked by small ornamental cross stops at either side of the lower field. The date '1918' is inscribed along the lower margin beneath the shield. A beaded border runs along the coin's rim, framing the entire composition. |
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Pforzheim issued these iron notgeld pieces in 1918 as the Imperial German military machine drained copper and nickel reserves to the point of genuine municipal coin shortages. The city, long established as the center of Germany's jewelry and watch-manufacturing industry, had the administrative infrastructure to organize local emergency coinage quickly — though iron was a poor substitute that rusted readily in circulation, leaving surviving examples in collectible condition far scarcer than mintage figures alone would suggest.