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2 Pfennig - Zwiesel
| Issuer | Stadt Zwiesel (City of Zwiesel) |
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| Year | 1917 |
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| Reference(s) | Funck#632.4D, Men18#35512.2 |
| Obverse description | The octagonal flan features a pearl border running along all eight sides. At the center, the municipal coat of arms of Zwiesel is prominently displayed, depicting a robed heraldic figure with raised arms set within a shield. The legend STADT is inscribed to the left of the arms and ZWIESEL to the right, both reading vertically in the field. The date 1917 appears in the lower exergual area beneath the shield. |
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| Obverse lettering | STADT ZWIESEL 1917 |
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Zwiesel is a small glassworking town in the Bavarian Forest, and its 1917 emergency coinage was a direct consequence of wartime metal requisitioning that stripped German municipalities of their copper and nickel supplies. Cities of this size rarely issued more than a handful of denominations, and Zwiesel's notgeld series is correspondingly tight. The zinc composition reflects the Reich's strict material controls rather than any local choice — municipalities took what the central authorities left them.