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10 Pfennig - Trier
| Issuer | City of Trier |
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| Value | 10 Pfennigs (10 Pfennige) (0.10) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse features the municipal coat of arms of Trier at centre, depicting a standing robed figure of Saint Peter holding a key and a book, set within a shield surmounted by a mural crown. The city name STADT and TRIER flanks the shield to the left and right respectively, reading vertically along the sides of the design. A six-pointed star appears to the left of the crown in the upper field. The entire design is bordered by a continuous pearl rim encircling the field. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Trier's iron notgeld issues emerged from the severe metal shortages that gripped German municipalities during and immediately after the First World War, when the imperial government requisitioned copper, nickel, and zinc for armaments production. Cities were left to improvise, and iron — cheap, abundant, and deeply unpopular as a coinage metal — became the reluctant solution. Trier, as one of the oldest cities in Germany and a major Rhine crossing point, had particular logistical reasons to keep small change circulating.
Iron strikes of this type corrode aggressively in circulation, making uncorroded survivors far less common than mintage figures suggest.