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10 Pfennig - Wörth an der Donau Schlossapotheke
| Issuer | Schlossapotheke Wörth an der Donau |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Octagonal reverse displaying the numeral '10' prominently in the center, surrounded by a rope or beaded inner circle. The legend 'KLEINGELDERSATZMARKE' arcs around the central device within a dotted border following the octagonal outline. The overall surface shows the characteristic worn, granular texture typical of wartime zinc emergency coinage. A small decorative star serves as a legend divider. |
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Wörth an der Donau is a small Bavarian market town whose pharmacy — the Schlossapotheke, attached to the old castle precinct — issued this zinc notgeld piece during the acute small-change shortage that gripped Germany from roughly 1917 onward. Zinc was the material of necessity: copper and nickel had been requisitioned for munitions production, leaving municipalities and local businesses to fill the coinage vacuum with whatever base metal remained available.
Pharmacy-issued notgeld is genuinely uncommon. Most civilian issuers were cooperatives, municipal governments, or large retailers.