Bad Kissingen issued notgeld coinage in 1920 as Germany's postwar iron and steel shortages, combined with chronic small-change scarcity, pushed hundreds of municipalities to produce their own emergency currency. The Bavarian spa town was among the more prolific local issuers, with multiple notgeld types catalogued under Funck's reference system. Iron was the practical choice — copper and nickel were still being hoarded or diverted — though iron notgeld corrodes readily, which explains why problem-free survivors are harder to find than the original mintage figures might suggest.
Bad Kissingen issued notgeld coinage in 1920 as Germany's postwar iron and steel shortages, combined with chronic small-change scarcity, pushed hundreds of municipalities to produce their own emergency currency. The Bavarian spa town was among the more prolific local issuers, with multiple notgeld types catalogued under Funck's reference system. Iron was the practical choice — copper and nickel were still being hoarded or diverted — though iron notgeld corrodes readily, which explains why problem-free survivors are harder to find than the original mintage figures might suggest.