Weilburg's 1917 iron notgeld emerged from the same wartime metal shortage that stripped German municipal coffers of copper and zinc — both redirected to shell casings and military hardware. By mid-war, the imperial government had effectively requisitioned coinage metals, leaving hundreds of small cities to improvise with whatever was available. Iron was the ugly solution.
The Funck catalogue's .3 suffix indicates a die variety within the type, suggesting Weilburg issued this denomination across multiple production runs — not unusual for a municipality managing an unpredictable local circulation demand through 1917 and into 1918.
Weilburg's 1917 iron notgeld emerged from the same wartime metal shortage that stripped German municipal coffers of copper and zinc — both redirected to shell casings and military hardware. By mid-war, the imperial government had effectively requisitioned coinage metals, leaving hundreds of small cities to improvise with whatever was available. Iron was the ugly solution.
The Funck catalogue's .3 suffix indicates a die variety within the type, suggesting Weilburg issued this denomination across multiple production runs — not unusual for a municipality managing an unpredictable local circulation demand through 1917 and into 1918.