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10 Pfennig - Wyk auf Föhr
| Issuer | Wyker Spar- und Leihkasse |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse lettering | WYKER SPAR UND LEIHKASSE 10 ✶ |
| Reverse description | Pearl border encloses the outer rim, with a circular Latin legend running between the rim and an inner beaded circle. At center, the quartered coat of arms of Wyk auf Föhr is displayed on a heraldic shield, featuring a crowned device in the upper left quarter and an eagle or similar charge in the upper right, with additional heraldic elements in the lower quarters. Three ornamental stars or asterisks punctuate the legend in the lower field below the beaded circle. |
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Wyk auf Föhr is a small resort town on the North Frisian island of Föhr, and this iron notgeld piece was issued by its local savings and loan institution during the severe coin shortages of World War I, when hoarding and metal requisitioning stripped Germany's small-denomination coinage from circulation almost entirely. Iron was the material of last resort — base, prone to rust, and universally unloved — yet municipalities and local banks across Germany issued billions of such pieces to keep daily commerce moving.
Föhr's geographic isolation as an island made the shortage particularly acute. Resupply of official coinage from the mainland was irregular at best.