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20 Pfennig - Wansen
| Issuer | Städtische Sparkasse Wansen (Municipal Savings Bank of Wansen) |
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| Value | 20 Pfennigs (20 Pfennige) (0.20) |
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| Obverse description | Octagonal iron notgeld token with a plain outer rim enclosing a continuous pearl border following the coin's octagonal outline. Within this border, a circular pearl ring frames the large numeral '20' in the center of the field. The circular legend 'STADT. SPARKASSE WANSEN' arcs across the upper portion between the pearl border and the pearl ring, while the word 'RATHAUS' with flanking separators appears at the base, referencing the town hall as issuing authority. |
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| Obverse lettering | STÄDT. SPARKASSE WANSEN 20 ● RATHAUS ● |
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Wansen — now Wiązów in southwestern Poland — issued this iron notgeld token through its municipal savings bank during the acute metal shortages of World War I, when the Reich's demand for copper, nickel, and zinc stripped small municipalities of any viable coinage material. Iron was the last resort. The Funck 573.5A designation places this within a well-documented regional series, though surviving examples in unrusted condition are genuinely scarce given the metal's hostility to a century of storage.