10 Pfennig - Wissing

Wissing's 1917 zinc notgeld emerged from the same municipal scramble that afflicted hundreds of small German communities when wartime metal requisitions stripped copper and nickel from civilian coinage. The Imperial government's priority was shell casings, not pfennigs. Local administrations were left to improvise, and zinc — cheaper, harder to work, prone to corrosion — became the default material for whoever could arrange a private striking.

The Funck reference distinguishes at least two die varieties under this type, suggesting more than one production run or a die replacement mid-issue.