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10 Pfennig - Stettin
| Issuer | City of Stettin |
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| Year | 1917 |
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| Thickness | 1.0 mm |
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| Reverse description | Within a raised pearl border, the bold denomination numeral 10 occupies the centre of the field, with the abbreviation Pf. immediately below. A circular legend reading ERSATZGELD curves along the upper arc and GÜLTIG BIS ENDE 1919 along the lower arc, each section flanked by six-pointed star ornaments. The layout is plain and utilitarian, typical of World War I municipal emergency coinage. |
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| Reverse lettering | Ersatzgeld 10 Pf. ★ Gültig bis Ende 1919 ★ |
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Stettin's zinc notgeld issues of 1917 were authorized under the same emergency municipal coinage programs that proliferated across Germany as the imperial government requisitioned copper and nickel for war production. Zinc was the fallback — cheap, available, but deeply unpopular with the public, who found it corroded quickly in circulation and was difficult to distinguish by touch from other denominations.
The Funck 522.2 designation places this among a known die variant sequence for the issue. Zinc pieces from this period survive poorly; corrosion and post-strike degradation are endemic to the type, not incidental.