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20 Pfennig - Zwiesel
| Issuer | Stadt Zwiesel (City of Zwiesel) |
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| Year | 1917 |
| Type | Emergency coin |
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| Obverse description | The octagonal field is framed by a continuous pearl border following the eight-sided periphery. Within this border, a circular legend reads STADT ZWIESEL with the date 1917, separated by a five-pointed star at the base. An inner pearl circle encloses the prominently raised numeral 20, denoting the denomination, centered in the plain field. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Zwiesel, a small glassmaking town in the Bavarian Forest, issued this notgeld piece in 1917 as wartime metal requisitions stripped municipal circulation of viable coinage. Zinc was the fallback material for dozens of German towns that year — copper and nickel had long since been redirected to the war effort under imperial ordinances beginning in 1916.
The Funck reference places this among a documented series of Zwiesel issues, suggesting the city made multiple denominations rather than a single emergency piece.