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25 Pfennig - Aachen Pattern
| Issuer | City of Aachen |
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| Year | 1920 |
| Type | Emergency coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Mintage | 1920 |
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Aachen was among the first German municipalities to issue notgeld coinage after the First World War, responding to a nationwide shortage of small-denomination metal currency that the central government was unable to address. This piece is a pattern — struck to test the design or dies before authorizing full production runs — which accounts for its considerable rarity relative to the circulating issues of the same type.
Funck catalogues several die variants for the Aachen iron series; the 1.7A designation places this among the documented pattern strikes, distinct from the regular issues by subtle die characteristics rather than any obvious physical difference.