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5 Pfennig - Braunschweig Herzogtum
| Issuer | Duchy of Brunswick |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The central field displays the large numeral '5' in bold relief, positioned in the upper centre of the coin. Directly below, the denomination PFENNIG is inscribed horizontally in capital letters, flanked on each side by a raised dot serving as a decorative stop. The date 1918 appears in the lower field beneath the denomination. The arc of the legend KRIEGSNOTGELD (war emergency money) runs along the upper periphery in Latin lettering. The design is framed by a beaded border encircling the full rim, consistent with the obverse treatment. |
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Brunswick issued these iron emergency coins in 1918 as the German war economy had stripped copper and nickel from civilian coinage for years. By the final months of the war, dozens of German states and municipalities were producing their own Notgeld in whatever base metals remained available, iron being the most readily accessible. Brunswick's participation was unremarkable in scale but notable as one of the last numismatic acts of a duchy that would cease to exist entirely within months — the abdication of Ernst August in November 1918 ended over three centuries of Welf rule in the territory.