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10 Pfennig - Schönberg
| Issuer | Magistrat Schönberg vorm Wald |
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| Year | 1917 |
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| Reference(s) | Funck#482.2, Men18#28555.2 |
| Obverse description | Octagonal zinc notgeld token with a plain outer field bordered by a continuous pearl rim following the eight-sided periphery. A second inner pearl circle frames the central field, within which the large numeral '10' is prominently raised in the center. The circular legend between the two pearl borders reads 'MAGISTRAT' at the top and 'SCHÖNBERG' at the bottom, separated on each side by a six-pointed star. The overall design is strictly typographic with no figurative elements. |
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| Reverse lettering | KLEINGELDERSATZMARKE 10 ★ ★ ★ |
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Schönberg vorm Wald — a small market town in Bavaria — issued this zinc notgeld piece in 1917 as wartime metal requisitions stripped municipal circulation of copper and nickel coinage. By mid-war, the German central authorities had commandeered base metals so aggressively that even minor Bavarian townships were forced to produce their own emergency fractions. Zinc was the compromise material: abundant enough to be permitted, degraded enough to be left alone by requisition officers.
The Funck 482.2 designation places this among a documented series, though surviving examples in collectible condition are infrequent given zinc's susceptibility to corrosion and intergranular degradation over time.