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25 Pfennig - Rheine in Westfalen
| Issuer | Stadt Rheine (City of Rheine) |
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| Year | 1918 |
| Type | Emergency coin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse displays the large, boldly struck numeral '25' prominently in the center of the field, serving as the denomination indicator. The circular legend 'KRIEGSGELD 1918' arcs across the upper periphery, with the date integrated into the inscription, while 'PFENNIG' is positioned along the lower arc, completing the denomination. Two small six-pointed stars flank the lower legend at either side. The entire design is enclosed within a continuous beaded border. |
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| Mintage | 1918 |
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Rheine's iron notgeld of 1918 was a direct consequence of the wartime metal requisitions that had stripped German municipal coinage of copper, nickel, and zinc. Iron was itself a compromise material — it corrodes readily in circulation, which explains why surviving examples in collectible condition are far less common than the original mintage figures might suggest. The city of Rheine, a textile and rail hub on the Ems, issued these pieces under the same emergency authorization that pushed hundreds of German municipalities to produce their own small change as the imperial monetary system buckled under four years of war finance.