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10 Pfennigs - Biebrich Wilh. Rasche
| Issuer | Wilh. Rasche (Biebrich am Rhein) |
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| Value | 10 Pfennigs (10 Pfennige) (0.10) |
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| Obverse description | Octagonal iron notgeld token with a continuous pearl border following the coin's eight-sided edge. An inner pearl circle frames the central field, within which the large numeral '10' appears in raised relief, denoting the denomination. The encircling legend between the outer pearl border and the inner pearl ring reads '* WILH. RASCHE *' at the top and 'BIEBRICH A/RH.' at the bottom, identifying the issuing merchant and the locality of Biebrich am Rhein. The overall design is plain and utilitarian, typical of German Kleingeldersatz emergency coinage of the World War I era. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Issued by Wilhelm Rasche, a merchant or tradesman operating in Biebrich am Rhein, this is a piece of German notgeld — emergency token coinage produced by private businesses and municipalities during the acute metal shortages of World War I. Iron replaced brass and nickel as those metals were requisitioned for the war effort, leaving everyday small-change transactions dependent on whatever local issuers could produce. Biebrich, then an independent Rhine town before its absorption into Wiesbaden in 1926, generated a number of such private issues.