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10 Pfennig - Tübingen
| Issuer | Tübingen, City of |
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| Year | 1917 |
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| Thickness | 1.3 mm |
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| Obverse description | The municipal coat of arms of Tübingen is depicted centrally within a beaded inner circle, showing a shield surmounted by a reclining figure — the traditional Tübingen arms featuring a rampant boar. The circular legend UNIVERSITÄTSSTADT runs along the upper arc and TÜBINGEN along the lower arc, separated by ornamental dot clusters. A small triangular hole pierces the field to the right of the shield. The design is executed in low relief typical of German wartime Notgeld coinage. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Tübingen issued this zinc notgeld piece in 1917 as wartime requisitioning stripped Germany's municipalities of copper and nickel — both classified as strategic metals by 1916. Local authorities across the Reich were left to improvise small-change solutions on their own, producing a patchwork of municipal emergency coinage that varied wildly in quality and staying power. Zinc was the default compromise: plentiful, cheap, but prone to corrosion, which explains why surviving examples in clean, uncorroded condition are harder to find than mintage figures alone would suggest.