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10 Pfennig - Wolnzach
| Issuer | Wolnzach, Market Town of |
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| Year | 1917 |
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| Weight | 1.7 g |
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| Obverse description | A pearl border frames the entire obverse field. At center, the municipal coat of arms of Wolnzach is depicted within a baroque-style shield surmounted by an ornamental crest, featuring a walking stag in the field of the escutcheon. The issuer's name and date of issue appear as a circular legend around the shield, with two six-pointed star stops separating the text elements. |
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| Reverse description | A pearl border encircles the reverse field. The large numeral '10' dominates the central field, serving as the denomination. A circular legend surrounds the numeral, indicating the validity period of this Notgeld issue, stating that the token remains valid for six months following the conclusion of peace, separated by two star stops. |
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Wolnzach issued this zinc notgeld piece in 1917, when the German war economy had stripped copper and nickel from civilian coinage entirely. Small towns and market communes were left to arrange emergency money locally — Wolnzach, a modest hop-growing settlement in Upper Bavaria, was one of hundreds that did exactly that. Zinc was the fallback material of the period, notorious for corroding badly in circulation, which explains why undamaged survivors are harder to find than the original mintages might suggest.