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20 Pfennig - Bergedorf
| Issuer | Stadt Bergedorf |
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| Year | 1917 |
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| Value | 20 Pfennigs (20 Pfennige) (0.20) |
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| Obverse description | Octagonal zinc notgeld token with a continuous pearl border running along all eight sides of the coin. The municipal coat of arms of Bergedorf occupies the central field, depicting a shield with a stylized tree and rocky outcrop. The legend STADT BERGEDORF arcs around the upper portion of the coin, flanked by small ornamental stars, while the date 1917 is inscribed at the base below the shield. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Bergedorf had only been fully Prussian for fifty years when this token was struck. The city was the last jointly administered territory in Europe — shared between Hamburg and Lübeck under a peculiar medieval arrangement — until Hamburg bought out Lübeck's share in 1868. By 1917, zinc had replaced copper and nickel across German municipal issues as the war consumed base metals at every level of the economy, driving hundreds of German towns to authorize their own notgeld coinage under emergency provisions.