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10 Pfennig - Pressath
| Issuer | Stadtgemeinde Pressath (City of Pressath) |
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| Year | 1917 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse lettering | STADTGEMEINDE ★ PRESSATH 1917 |
| Reverse description | Plain, unadorned field enclosed by a continuous pearl (beaded) border running along the inner rim. The denomination numeral 10 is struck in large, bold characters dominating the entire central field, with no additional legend, symbol, or ornament. The simplicity of the design reflects the utilitarian nature of this wartime Notgeld emergency issue. |
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Pressath is a small market town in the Upper Palatinate, and its 1917 notgeld issue belongs to the enormous wave of municipal emergency coinage that swept Bavaria and the broader German Reich as the Allied naval blockade strangled the supply of copper and nickel. Zinc was the default substitute — abundant, domestically available, and deeply unpopular with the public, who found it corroded quickly in pocket moisture. Most pieces from towns this size circulated hard and returned to municipal coffers for redemption within months.