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10 Pfennig - Viechtach
| Issuer | Viechtach, Market Town of |
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| Year | 1917 |
| Type | Emergency coin |
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| Obverse description | Central shield-shaped coat of arms depicting a conifer tree, rendered in a simple heraldic style with scrollwork flanking the sides of the shield. A circular legend surrounds the central device, reading MARKTGEMEINDE above and VIECHTACH with the date 1917 below, separated by six-pointed star stops. The entire design is enclosed within a pearl or beaded border running along the coin's rim. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Viechtach is a small market town in the Bavarian Forest, and like hundreds of German municipalities in 1917, it was forced into emergency coinage — Kriegsgeld — when wartime metal requisitions stripped circulation of copper and nickel. Zinc was the last resort. Funck 562.2 distinguishes this from at least one other Viechtach variant, suggesting the town issued multiple types across the war years, unusual for a community of its size.