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10 Pfennig - Warendorf
| Issuer | City of Warendorf |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Thickness | 1.1 mm |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse displays a large, bold numeral '10' in high relief at the center, enclosed within a fine rope or cable border forming a circular frame. The legend KLEINGELDERSATZMARKE curves around the upper portion of the field in incuse Latin lettering following the beaded rim, identifying the token as small-change substitute currency. Three small five-pointed stars are arranged along the lower arc of the field. The overall composition is stark and utilitarian, consistent with wartime emergency coinage practice. |
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Warendorf's 1918 zinc notgeld issue belongs to the first wave of municipal emergency coinage that flooded Germany after the imperial government requisitioned copper and nickel for war production. Zinc was the compromise metal — abundant, workable, and considered sufficiently base that Berlin didn't want it. Hundreds of small Westphalian towns issued pieces under the same pressure and with roughly the same authority: almost none.
The Funck 575.2 designation places this as a recognized variety within a documented local issue, not a fantasy piece — a distinction that matters given how many dubious Westphalian notgeld items entered the collector market in the 1920s.