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10 Pfennig - Wasseralfingen
| Issuer | Wasseralfingen, Municipality of |
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| Year | 1917 |
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| Diameter | 18.0 mm |
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| Reverse description | The large numeral '10' dominates the central field in bold raised relief, occupying nearly the full height of the flan. Below the numeral, the abbreviation 'PF.' is inscribed in smaller lettering at the lower centre, denoting Pfennig. The reverse design is plain and utilitarian, with a fine dotted border following the octagonal outline of the coin. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Wasseralfingen issued this piece in 1917 as the German imperial government's war metals policy stripped municipalities of their copper and nickel coinage — requisitioned for shell casings and industrial war production. Local authorities across Württemberg responded with zinc and iron Notgeld to keep small transactions functioning. Wasseralfingen was a company town built around the königliche Hüttenwerke ironworks, one of Württemberg's oldest state-owned smelting operations, which makes the irony pointed: a community that existed to produce war metals was simultaneously reduced to minting zinc tokens because the war had claimed everything better.