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25 Pfennig - Oberwesel
| Issuer | Stadt Oberwesel (City of Oberwesel) |
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| Year | 1919 |
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| Diameter | 21.7 mm |
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| Obverse description | A heraldic eagle displayed with wings spread occupies the central field, rendered in bold relief with detailed feathering. The eagle faces left with an open beak, talons visible at the base, in the style of a municipal civic arms. A curved legend arcs along the upper periphery within a solid raised rim, reading STADT OBERWESEL A RHEIN, identifying the issuing city of Oberwesel on the Rhine. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Oberwesel's 1919 iron notgeld was struck amid the acute metal and currency shortages that followed Germany's defeat, when municipal authorities across the Rhineland were left to improvise their own circulating money as the central monetary system buckled. The Rhineland itself was under Allied occupation by this point, adding a particular administrative friction to any official currency supply.
Iron was the default emergency material for dozens of German municipal issues in this period — not chosen for durability but because it was simply what was available after wartime requisitioning had stripped conventional coinage metals.