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25 Pfennig - Hattingen
| Issuer | Stadt Hattingen (City of Hattingen) |
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| Year | 1918 |
| Type | Emergency coin |
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| Reverse description | The denomination numeral 25 dominates the central field in large, bold characters, with the word PFENNIG inscribed on a horizontal rule beneath it. Oak branches flank the central device on either side, serving as decorative borders. The inscription KRIEGSGELD (war money) arcs across the upper field, and the date 1918 appears at the base within the oak branch wrapping. A beaded border runs along the inner edge of the octagonal flan. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Hattingen's 1918 emergency coinage — Kriegsgeld, issued as the Imperial German economy buckled under the weight of four years of war — reflects a municipal administration scrambling to fill a gap the Reichsbank could no longer paper over. Iron was the pragmatic choice not by preference but by elimination: copper, nickel, and zinc had been systematically redirected to weapons production since 1915, leaving German cities to strike whatever the foundry could provide.
The Funck reference places this among the more systematically catalogued Westphalian notgeld pieces, with die variety 4A distinguishing it from earlier municipal iron issues by the same city.