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10 Pfennig - Radolfzell
| Issuer | Radolfzell, City of |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Value | 10 Pfennigs (10 Pfennige) (0.10) |
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| Obverse lettering | STADTGEMEINDE RADOLFZELL |
| Reverse description | A beaded and dash alternating border frames the outer rim. The denomination '10 PFENNIG' is displayed prominently in the upper portion of the central field, separated by a horizontal straight line from the lower portion, which bears the legend 'KRIEGSMÜNZE' (war coin) and the date '1918' below. |
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Radolfzell's 1918 zinc Notgeld issue belongs to the first major wave of German municipal emergency coinage, triggered when wartime metal requisitions stripped circulation of copper and nickel. Zinc was the compromise — cheap, available, and deeply unpopular with the public, who found it corroded quickly and felt wrong in the hand. Most pieces saw only brief, localized use before being withdrawn once postwar supplies stabilized.
The Funck 436.1A designation places this among catalogued varieties with confirmed die attribution. Survivors in collectible condition are more common than circulation logic would suggest, largely because hoarding began almost immediately.