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10 Pfennig - Speyer
| Issuer | Speyer (notgeld), City of |
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| Year | 1917 |
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| Weight | 1.8 g |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Beaded border frames the field. The large denomination numeral '10' dominates the centre in bold relief. The legend KRIEGSNOTGELD arches along the upper periphery. The date is split, with '19' at the lower left and '17' at the lower right, flanking the base of the numeral, all within the beaded rim. |
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Speyer's 1917 zinc notgeld issue belongs to the first wave of municipally authorized emergency coinage, produced after the Imperial German government began withdrawing copper and nickel coinage from circulation for war industry use. Zinc was allocated as the acceptable substitute, though its workability was poor and many municipal strikes show uneven metal flow as a result. Speyer, as a small Rhenish city, had limited minting infrastructure and contracted production out — the flan quality on these pieces reflects that.