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10 Pfennig - Schwarzenbach an der Saale
| Issuer | Schwarzenbach an der Saale, City of |
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| Year | 1917 |
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| Value | 10 Pfennigs (10 Pfennige) (0.10) |
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| Obverse description | A beaded outer rim frames a circular pearl border enclosing the municipal coat of arms of Schwarzenbach an der Saale at center, featuring a quartered shield with fish and horizontal stripes surmounted by a mural crown. The legend arcs around the pearl circle in Latin script, reading 'KRIEGSJAHR 1917' at the top and 'STADT SCHWARZENBACH A/S.' at the bottom, each separated by a five-pointed star. The overall design is struck in low relief on a plain field, typical of German wartime notgeld coinage. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Schwarzenbach an der Saale issued this zinc notgeld piece in 1917, when the wartime metal requisitions that stripped Germany of its copper and nickel coinage had left municipalities scrambling to fill the gap in small-denomination circulation. Zinc was itself a strategic material — the German military consumed it in enormous quantities for galvanizing and alloy production — making even these humble emergency issues a product of genuine material compromise. The Funck reference numbers suggest at least two die varieties documented for this type, a common feature of locally produced notgeld where quality control was secondary to speed of production.